flak

noun

ˈflak

variants or less commonly flack

plural flak also flack

: antiaircraft guns

: the bursting shells fired from flak

: criticism, opposition

She has taken a good deal of flak for espousing that view.—

E. J. Kahn, Jr.

When I was a restaurant bar manager I sometimes found myself taking flak from my customers for our high prices …—

Rob Hill

Examples of flak in a Sentence

He caught heavy flak for his decision to oppose the new school. He took a lot of flak from the other kids for his unusual appearance.

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My previous stories at Forbes.com also have shown that Gen Z are getting flak for their inability to collaborate and communicate, and hiring managers say Gen Zers are the worst to work with and manage. —

Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 Al-Ghoul was wearing a press flak vest when he was killed, according to his colleague. —

Abeer Salman, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024 Hollick caught some flak at the back end of last year from the UK drama community for her association with Channel 4’s The Couple Next Door, which was written by her husband, screenwriter David Allison. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024 Every new kid-on-the-demographic-block has caught flak from those that came before. —

Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flak