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informal. strong criticism or opposition: take flak She took some flak from her parents about her new dress. catch flak He has caught flak from his right wing for increasing taxes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disapproving & criticizing. anathematize. animadversion. aspersion. aw. backbite. barrel. belabour. boo. criticism.
noun [ U ] (also flack) us / flæk / uk / flæk / flak noun [U] (CRITICISM) Add to word list. informal. strong criticism or opposition: take flak She took some flak from her parents about her new dress. catch flak He has caught flak from his right wing for increasing taxes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disapproving & criticizing.
3 days ago · flak. (flæk ) uncountable noun. If you get a lot of flak from someone, they criticize you severely. If you take the flak, you get the blame for something. [informal] The President is getting a lot of flak for that. In recent years they have attracted more than their fair share of flak from the press.
Definition of flak noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Weapons flak, flack /flæk/ noun [ uncountable] 1 informal strong criticism Lilley has taken a lot of flak for his views on drugs. 2 bullets or shell s that are shot from the ground at enemy aircraft → flak jacket Examples from the Corpus flak • We descended down as the flak ...
flak meaning: criticism: . Learn more. Dictionary; Translate; Grammar; Thesaurus ... The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word.
criticism; hostile reaction; abuse: Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press.
