flack
1to serve as a press agent or publicist: to flack for a new rock group.
to promote; publicize: to flack a new record.
Origin of flack
1Words that may be confused with flack
- flack , flak
Words Nearby flack
Other definitions for flack (2 of 2)
flak.
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How to use flack in a sentence
Governmental officials and press flacks are asking us to take them at their word—without evidence—and they are suggesting that skepticism is somehow unpatriotic.
It’s the Press’ Job to Ask for Evidence That Justifies a War | Matt Lewis | February 4, 2022 | The Daily BeastTorossian even moved Adams’ son Jordan’s seat so that the flack could be more prominent in photos with the mayor-elect, according to two people who witnessed the incident.
Why Is NYC Mayor Eric Adams Glued to This ‘Toxic’ PR Guru? | Lachlan Cartwright | December 10, 2021 | The Daily Beast“Rosario” is all about turning the flack from haters into fuel.
“Anthem” got a lot of flack for flagrantly going after the “Destiny” playerbase.
About 45 minutes past our interview time, the studio flack summons me.
A festival flack asked me to move, so that an Italian gentleman in a tuxedo could take my seat.
James Franco Shot His New Movie at the Venice Film Festival and I Was in It | Marlow Stern | September 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bearded volunteer, wearing an over-sized black flack jacket, said rebel resistance had stiffened.
Ukraine Rebels Boast About Troops and Tanks Coming from Russia | Jamie Dettmer | August 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo years later, she got flack for another Castro ad that featured Gadot twerking in a pair of jeans.
Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman: A Hamas-Bashing, Ex-IDF Soldier and Former Miss Israel | Marlow Stern | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth 24 and Homeland caught significant flack from critics for stereotyping Muslims and Middle Easterners.
Generic and Superficial ‘Tyrant’ Amerisplains the Middle East | Andrew Romano | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFortunately for her the milk in the revolving churn at that moment changed its squashing for a decided flick-flack.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyWhen you and the others were at the old flack mansion Samuels mentioned a subject that lies close to my heart.
The Missing Tin Box | Arthur M. WinfieldWhen it grew dark the flick-flack of lightening played across the sky and it showed the men's faces white and drawn.
War and the Weird | Forbes Phillipsflack smiled, went out and returned with his license to sell liquor, and his commission as a magistrate of New York State.
Rolf In The Woods | Ernest Thompson SetonShe was out in conditions in which even Judson flack, had he met her, could hardly have detected her.
The Dust Flower | Basil King
British Dictionary definitions for flack (1 of 2)
/ (flæk) /
mainly US and Canadian a press or publicity agent
Origin of flack
1British Dictionary definitions for flack (2 of 2)
/ (flæk) /
a variant spelling of flak
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