flak

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noun

Plural noun:

flaksflack

1.
(countable, uncountable)Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
Đồng nghĩa: ack-ack, AAA, triple-A
2.
(countable, uncountable)Anti-aircraft shell fire.
Đồng nghĩa: ack-ack
3.
(countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable)Adverse criticism.
4.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A public-relations spokesperson.
2006, Edward Herman, Noam Chomsky, A Propaganda Model, in 2006 [2001], Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Douglas Kellner (editors), Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks, revised edition, page 277, AIM head, Reed Irvine's diatribes are frequently published, and right-wing network flaks who regularly assail the “liberal media,” such as Michael Ledeen, are given Op-ed column space, sympathetic reviews, and a regular place on talk shows as experts.

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Đồng nghĩa

ack-ackAAAtriple-A

Cùng gốc / liên quan

flak jacket

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Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (anti airplane cannon).