flak
f lak
- 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
- She took a lot of flak for what she wore to meet the Queen.
- It was reported to me that he always wore his flak jacket and hard helmet, even when showering.
- He wore a flak jacket under a camouflage shirt jacket that bore other words, one misspelled: "PLO," "Libya," "death to the Great Satin.