flak

flak also flack  (flk)

n.

1.

a. Antiaircraft artillery.

b. The bursting shells fired from such artillery.

2. Informal

a. Excessive or abusive criticism.

b. Dissension; opposition.

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[German, from Fl(ieger)a(bwehr)k(anone), aircraft-defense gun.]

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flak

Noun

1. anti-aircraft fire

2. severe criticism: most of the flak was directed at the umpire [German Fl(ieger)a(bwehr)k(anone) aircraft defence gun]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flak - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer flack, flack catcher, flak catcher spokesperson, representative, interpreter, voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
	2.	flak - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" flack, attack, blast, fire criticism, unfavorable judgment - disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent"
	3.	flak - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, pom-pom, flack Bofors gun - an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) predictor - a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

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flak (Informal)

noun criticism, stick (slang) opposition, abuse, complaints, hostility, condemnation, censure, disapproval, bad press, denigration, brickbats (informal) disparagement, fault-finding, disapprobation

Translations

flak [flæk] n (MIL) → fuego antiaéreo;

(col) (= criticism); lluvia de críticas

flak [flæk] n (Mil) → tir antiaérien;

(inf) (= criticism); critiques fpl

flak [flæk] n → Flakfeuer nt;

to get a lot of flak (for sth) (inf) (criticism) → (wegen etw) unter Beschuss geraten

flak [flæk] n (MIL) → fuoco d'artiglieria;

(col) (= criticism); critiche fpl