Associations to the word «Flack»

Wiktionary

FLACK, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
FLACK, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.
FLACK, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.
FLACK, noun. A publicist, a publicity agent.
FLACK, verb. To publicise, to promote.
FLACK, noun. Alternative spelling of flak.

Dictionary definition

FLACK, noun. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
FLACK, noun. Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak".
FLACK, noun. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats