Definitions for flack
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flacknoun

   a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer

2. 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"

3. antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gunnoun

   artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flacknoun

   a publicist, a publicity agent

2. flackverb

   to publicise, to promote

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flack

   flak, v.i. (prov.), to flap, flutter.—v.t. to flap or flick with something.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Criticism
   • Gun
   • Spokesperson

How to pronounce flack?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say flack in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flack in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of flack in a Sentence

1. Jan Scannell:

   There is a global move towards sustainability, and the meat industry does get a lot of flack.

2. Randy Bowling:

   We have mixed emotions, we caught a lot of flack from our friends who are on the fence.

3. Andrew Chapman:

   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.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=flack
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flack
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=flack
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html