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Meanings of flak in English

Portuguese
ack-ack-ack
Catalan
antiaeri

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.

ack-ack-ack
Catalan
atac
Spanish
ataque

Intense adverse criticism.

atac

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

Usage of flak in English
1
His camera and bloodied flak jacket were carried on a second stretcher.
The Irish Times
2
The then-National Party leader and Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, took the flak.
Radio NZ
3
I was getting flak at London Irish, getting pounded all the time.
The Irish Times
4
I don't want any flak about pissing off ancestors or hijacking souls.
Bones of the Lost
5
Raheem Sterling cops a lot of flak from the British tabloid press.
The South African
6
Explosions rocked Luke's ship, tossing it about violently in the enveloping flak.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
7
We'll get a lot of flak for it, but we can't possibly-
The Silent Sister
8
The flak jacket underneath her sweater did little to allay her concerns.
While galileo preys
9
If not, there is going to be a load of flak coming.
Reuters
10
Molten stones were fired upward, filling portions of the air like flak.
To Die in Italbar
11
Yossarian removed Snowden's flak helmet and lowered his head to the floor.
Catch-22
12
Protest leaders wore flak jackets, fearing snipers might try to shoot them.
Reuters
13
There was a hell of a lot of red flak at Kiel.
Once there was a war
14
China, which also vetoed the resolution, has come in for much less flak.
Reuters
15
Since then, the president has received a fair amount of flak.
The South African
16
That way, I can take the flak if anything goes wrong.
The Guardian
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Translations for flak
Portuguese
ack-ack-ack
Spanish
ataque
Flak through the time
Flak across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common