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flack 1
(flăk) Informaln.
A press agent; a publicist.
v. flacked, flack·ing, flacks
v.intr.
To act as a press agent: flacking for a movie studio.
v.tr.
To act as a press agent for; promote: authors who tour the country flacking their books.
[Perhaps after Gene Flack, a movie press agent in the 1920s and 1930s.]
flack′er·y n.
flack 2
(flăk)n.
Variant of flak.
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flack
(flæk)n
(Marketing) chiefly US and Canadian a press or publicity agent
[C20: of unknown origin]
flack
(flæk)n
(Military) a variant spelling of flak
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flack1
(flæk)Slang.
n.
1. press agent.
2. Also, flack′er•y. publicity.
v.i. 3. to serve as a publicist.
[1935–40, Amer.; said to be after Gene Flack, a movie press agent]
flack2
(flæk)n.
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| Noun | 1. | flack - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer 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. | flack - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" criticism, unfavorable judgment - disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" | |
| 3. |  flack - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanesBofors 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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