flak

Noun
  1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer (synset 110114551)
    is a type of: interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
    same as: flack, flack catcher, flak catcher
  2. Intense adverse criticism (synset 106724098)
    "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
    is a type of: criticism, unfavorable judgment - disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
    same as: attack, blast, fire, flack
  3. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes (synset 102718623)
    is a type of: gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
    subtypes: bofors gun - an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
    has: predictor - a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
    same as: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom

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