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Definitions for flack
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Princeton's WordNet
flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flacknoun
a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
fire, attack, flak, flack, blastnoun
intense adverse criticism
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gunnoun
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Wiktionary
flacknoun
a publicist, a publicity agent
flackverb
to publicise, to promote
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flack
Flack is a term used to refer to a press agent or a publicist who promotes or defends a person, organization or product, often in the face of criticism or negative publicity. The term can sometimes carry a negative connotation, referring to an individual who aggressively defends or whitewashes unfavorable actions or facts. The term also can be used as a verb meaning to provide or elicit such publicity or defense.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Flack
flak, v.i. (prov.), to flap, flutter.—v.t. to flap or flick with something.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FLACK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flack is ranked #5759 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Flack surname appeared 6,016 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Flack.
86.4% or 5,203 total occurrences were White.
9.5% or 576 total occurrences were Black.
1.7% or 103 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.5% or 91 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
0.2% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flack in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of flack in a Sentence
We were really the first show to show problems in medicine and to really attack them and we took a lot of flack from doctors all across the country saying,' Why are you doing this ?' Doctors are heroes, et cetera, et cetera, and we said,' Yeah, doctors are heroes. Absolutely. But there are issues out there and you have to deal with these issues.'.
We have mixed emotions, we caught a lot of flack from our friends who are on the fence.
There is a global move towards sustainability, and the meat industry does get a lot of flack.
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- فلاكArabic
- فلکPersian
- FlackFinnish
- flackHungarian
- mengepakIndonesian
- flackNorwegian
- паблиситиRussian
- แฟล็กThai
- flackVietnamese
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