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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer [syn: flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack]
2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast]
3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1939 one who provides publicity; especially press agent • flackery noun II. variant of flak III. intransitive verb Date: 1965 to provide publicity ; engage in press-agentry

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. US sl. a publicity agent. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. 2. var. of FLAK.

Moby Thesaurus

advocacy, advocating, antiaircraft fire, bruiting, buildup, cross fire, curtain fire, direct fire, drumbeating, dry fire, file fire, fire, fire of demolition, firepower, fireworks, firing, flak, ground fire, gunfight, gunfire, gunplay, high-angle fire, horizontal fire, interdiction fire, machine-gun fire, mortar fire, musketry, percussion fire, pistol fire, promoting, promotion, publicization, publicizing, raking fire, rapid fire, ricochet fire, rifle fire, shellfire, shoot-out, shooting, time fire, vertical fire, zone fire