The meaning of FLAK is antiaircraft guns. How to use flak in a sentence.

FLAK definition: 1. strong criticism or opposition: 2. the firing of guns from the ground at enemy aircraft, or the…. Learn more.

When you hear of someone "catching flack," you're hearing a figurative extension of a term used for antiaircraft guns, or for the shells fired from them. That term, more commonly spelled flak, is short for Fliegerabwehrkanonen, from the German words for "flyer," "defense," and "cannons."

FLAK meaning: 1. strong criticism or opposition: 2. the firing of guns from the ground at enemy aircraft, or the…. Learn more.

Flak was introduced to the English language in World War II to refer to the anti-aircraft fire from anti-aircraft guns, from the German Flugabwehrkanone (Flak), for "aircraft defence cannon". Flak may also refer to:

Flak can refer to criticism — or worse, explosive shells from an antiaircraft weapon. Flak came into English as an abbreviation for the German word Fliegerabwehrkanone, meaning 'aircraft-defense gun.' (Yikes! No wonder they abbreviated it.)

FLAK definition: anti-aircraft fire or artillery | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

flak - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

FLAK meaning: 1 : exploding shells that are shot at enemy aircraft from guns on the ground; 2 : harsh criticism

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