flak
- n a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- n intense adverse criticism
don't give me any flak - n artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
flak catcher
- n a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
flake
- n a crystal of snow
- n a person with an unusual or odd personality
- n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- v form into flakes
The substances started to flake - v cover with flakes or as if with flakes
- v come off in flakes or thin small pieces
flakiness
- n informal terms for insanity
- n having or breaking into thin crisp flakes
flambeau
- n a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
flamboyance
- n extravagant elaborateness
he wrote with great flamboyance
flamboyant tree
- n tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
flame
- n the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- v shine with a sudden light
- v be in flames or aflame
The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset - v criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed