FLAK


Meaning of FLAK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also flack ˈflak

( plural flak also flack )

Etymology: German, from Fl ieger a bwehr k anonen, from Flieger flyer + Abwehr defense + Kanonen cannons

Date: 1938

1. : antiaircraft guns

2. : the bursting shells fired from flak

3. also flack : criticism , opposition

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.