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    FLAK

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanesplay

    Synonyms:

    ack-ack; ack-ack gun; antiaircraft; antiaircraft gun; flack; flak; pom-pom

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):

    gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

    Meronyms (parts of "flak"):

    predictor (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flak"):

    Bofors gun (an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Intense adverse criticismplay

    Example:

    don't give me any flak

    Synonyms:

    attack; blast; fire; flack; flak

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):

    criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employerplay

    Synonyms:

    flack; flack catcher; flak; flak catcher

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):

    interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)

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