FLAK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Meronyms (parts of "flak"):

predictor (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flak"):

Bofors gun (an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun)

Meaning:

Intense adverse criticism

Example:

don't give me any flak

Synonyms:

attack; blast; fire; flack; flak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):

criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

flack; flack catcher; flak; flak catcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("flak" is a kind of...):

interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)