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flak [flæk] nstresses
flak wagon; flak jacket
fig., inf. разнос; словесный огонь; враждебная реакция (ART Vancouver); открытая критика; склока; грызня; перебранка; бурная реакция (1 : exploding shells that are shot at enemy aircraft from guns on the ground 2 informal : harsh criticism. He caught/drew heavy flak for his decision to oppose the new school. He took a lot of flak from the other kids for his unusual appearance. MWALD Alexander Demidov); осуждение (Из работы З.С. Трофимовой "Словарь новых слов и значений в английском языке" I. Havkin); оппозиция (Из работы З.С. Трофимовой "Словарь новых слов и значений в английском языке" I. Havkin); сопротивление (в смысле "оппозиция") Из работы З.С. Трофимовой "Словарь новых слов и значений в английском языке" I. Havkin); острая критика; жалоба (Stay up late if you want to but you better not give me any flack about being tired in the morning. VLZ_58); враждебная критика (ART Vancouver); взбучка (Ant493)
inf. пиарщик (The flak made an announcement and then disappeared.); реклама; паблисити; специалист по рекламе; пресс-агент
mil., artil. зенитки (MichaelBurov)
mil., inf. зенитная артиллерия; зенитные средства; зенитный огонь; огонь ЗА
mil., lingo огонь зенитной артиллерии (MichaelBurov)
mil., lingo, obs. зенитная артиллерия (WWII slang); зенитный огонь (WWII slang)
flak [flæk] v
inf. быть пресс-агентом; создавать шумиху
flak [flæk] adj.
mil., lingo, obs. зенитный
 English thesaurus
flak [flæk] n
fig., inf. adverse criticism (from 1963: Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton. • Raiders [of the Lost Ark] may also get flak for not being as cuddly-lovable as Star Wars, or for using those old reliables – the Nazis – as villains, or for dazzling the audience with an almost brazen self-confidence. wiktionary.org)
inf. a public-relations spokesperson (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. wiktionary.org)
mil., lingo, obs. ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells (from 1938; synonyms: ack-ack, AAA, triple-A: […] to consider whether the city was in February 1945 an undefended city within the meaning of the 1907 Hague Convention, it will be necessary to examine the establishment and subsequent total dispersal of the city's flak batteries, before the date of the triple blow. • He was promoted to general of flak artillery on March 1, 1945, and ended the war as the general of the flak arm at OKL, the High Command of the Luftwaffe. wiktionary.org); anti-aircraft shell fire (from 1940; Synonym: ack-ack: At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below. • I could hear the fragments from the flak shells hitting the plane like someone throwing rocks at it. wiktionary.org)
Flak [flæk] n
mil., germ. Fliegerabwehrkanone (Anti-aircraft gun); Flugabwehrkanone (Anti-aircraft gun)
flak: 61 phrases in 14 subjects
Artillery6
Computer games1
Diplomacy1
General11
Idiomatic3
Informal6
Makarov3
Military16
Military aviation1
Military lingo6
Nautical4
Neologism1
Shipbuilding1
Technology1