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Definition: Flack |
FlackNoun1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. 2. Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak". 3. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: FlackSynonyms: ack-ack (n), ack-ack gun (n), antiaircraft (n), antiaircraft gun (n), attack (n), blast (n), fire (n), flack catcher (n), flak (n), flak catcher (n), pom-pom (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Flack |
| Non-English Usage: "Flack" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (even, flat, level, smooth, superficial). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I said listen honey don't give me no flack (The Death Of Suzzy Roche; performing artist: The Roches) MIB's freezin' up all the flack ("Men in Black"; performing artist: Will Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953) | |
Song Titles | Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (performing artist: Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack) Feel Like Makin' Love (performing artist: Roberta Flack) First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (performing artist: Roberta Flack) Killing Me Softly with His Song (performing artist: Roberta Flack) Making Love (performing artist: Roberta Flack) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Flack" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 58.06% of the time. "Flack" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 58.06% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (singular) | 41.94% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 31 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "flack" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Flack | Last name | 2,000 | 6,869 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "flack": flack catcher. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "flack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Reklama (display advertising, promotion), Punonjës Që Merret Me Reklamën, Me Shtypin, Material Për Shtypin, Jam Punonjës Që Merret Me Reklamën, Me Shtypi, Bëj Reklamën. (various references) | |
Danish | Keith-Flack's bundt (node of Keith and Flack), internodalt ledningsbundt (node of Keith and Flack). (various references) | |
Dutch | bundel van Keith-Flack (node of Keith and Flack). (various references) | |
French | faisceau de Keith et Flack (node of Keith and Flack). (various references) | |
German | Keith-Flack-Bündel (node of Keith and Flack). (various references) | |
Italian | nodo senoatriale (and through the branches of the bundle of His, area of the cardiac tissue located at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium.It is the normal cardiac pacemaker, its rate of discharge determining the rate at which the heart beats.Impulses generated in the SA node pass through the atrial pathways to the AV node, node of Keith and Flack, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinus node, through this node to the bundle of His, to the ventricular muscle [VE1], via the Purkinje system), nodo di Keith-Flack (and through the branches of the bundle of His, area of the cardiac tissue located at the junction of the superior vena cava with the right atrium.It is the normal cardiac pacemaker, its rate of discharge determining the rate at which the heart beats.Impulses generated in the SA node pass through the atrial pathways to the AV node, node of Keith and Flack, SA node, sinoatrial node, sinus node, through this node to the bundle of His, to the ventricular muscle [VE1], via the Purkinje system). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackflay.(various references) | |
Russian | зенитная артиллерия (flak). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flack": flacked, flackeries, flackery, flacking, flacks. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "flack": superflack. (additional references) | |
Words containing "flack": superflacks. (additional references) | |
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"Flack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fack, facp, Falakiko, Falck, falcs, falick, Fellick, flac, flaca, flach, flacky, flact, flako, flark, flassik, flecky, flicka, flinck, flocc, fluck, frack, Fsavc, Fullick, Glack, klack. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flack" (pronounced fla"k) |
| 4 | f l a" k | flak. |
| 3 | -l a" k | black, clack, lac, lack, plack, plaque, slack. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-k-l" | |
-1 letter: calf, calk, flak, lack. | |
-2 letters: kaf, lac. | |
-3 letters: al, fa, ka, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-k-l" | |
+1 letter: flacks. | |
+2 letters: flacked, rackful, sackful. | |
+3 letters: backfill, backflow, blackfin, blackfly, calflike, calfskin, fallback, flackery, flacking, flapjack, fullback, halfback, rackfuls, rockfall, sackfuls, sacksful, wrackful. | |
+4 letters: backfield, backfills, backflows, blackface, blackfins, blackfish, calfskins, fallbacks, flagstick, flapjacks, flashback, fullbacks, halfbacks, rockfalls. | |
+5 letters: backfields, backfilled, blackfaces, blackflies, cornflakes, fiddleback, flackeries, flagsticks, flashbacks, superflack. | |
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