Associations to the word «Flak»

Wiktionary

FLAK, noun. Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
FLAK, noun. Anti-aircraft shell fire.
FLAK, noun. (figuratively) (informal) Adverse criticism.
FLAK, noun. (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
FLAK JACKET, noun. A special piece of clothing worn by soldiers to protect them from shrapnel and grenade fragments, other non-direct fire and battlefield debris. Sometimes used informally to connote any of the various forms of a bullet-proof vest.
FLAK JACKETS, noun. Plural of flak jacket

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin