flak
Meanings
noun
- Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- Adverse criticism.
- A public-relations spokesperson.
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Etymology
Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).
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