Flack Definition
A publicist, a publicity agent.
Alternative spelling of flak.
- flack catcher
- flak
- flak catcher
- blast
- attack
- fire
- ack-ack gun
- ack-ack
- pom-pom
- antiaircraft-gun
- antiaircraft
Origin of Flack
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From Middle English flacken (“to palpitate, flutter”), akin to Middle Dutch vlacken (“to flicker, flash, sparkle”), Danish flakke (“to wander”), Swedish flacka (“to rove, rove about, ramble”), Icelandic flakka (“to move”). Compare also Icelandic flaka (“to flap, hang loose”), Swedish flaxa (“to flap, flutter”).
From Wiktionary
Perhaps after Gene Flack a movie press agent in the 1920s and 1930s
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Variant of flak.
From Wiktionary
Unknown
From Wiktionary
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