Flak Definition
flak
noun
The fire of antiaircraft guns.
Webster's New World
The bursting shells fired from such artillery.
American Heritage
Strong, clamorous criticism, opposition, etc.
Webster's New World
Excessive or abusive criticism.
American Heritage
Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- flack catcher
- flak catcher
- flack
- blast
- attack
- fire
- ack-ack gun
- pom-pom
- antiaircraft-gun
- ack-ack
- antiaircraft
- dissension
- criticism
- complaint
- artillery
Antonyms:
Origin of Flak
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German acronym of Fliegerabwehrkanone (“aeroplane defence cannon”). First attested 1938 as “antiaircraft gun”, 1940 as “antiaircraft fire”. Sense of “adverse criticism” attested since 1963 in American English.
From Wiktionary
German from Fl(ieger)a(bwehr)k(anone) aircraft-defense gun
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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