Flack
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /flæk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Flack is a verb meaning (intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
Meaning
(intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To hang loosely; flag.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To beat by flapping.
- (Canada, US) A publicist, a publicity agent.
- (Canada, US) To publicise, to promote.
- Alternative spelling of flak.
Example Sentences
Thought you were flack," she said. "I'm not flack." "All right, P.R., a reporter, a novelist."
And he [Ben Shapiro] called Stephen K. Bannon, the onetime chief strategist for Mr. Trump, a former “P.R. flack for Jeffrey Epstein.”
[..] he told funny stories about his early days in the theater district, flacking shows up and down the street, but Klara wasn’t listening.
In July, Nick Clegg, a former Deputy Prime Minister of the U.K. who is now a top flack at Facebook, published a piece on AdAge.com and on the company’s official blog titled “Facebook Does Not Benefit from Hate,” in which he wrote, “There is no incentive for us to do anything but remove it.”
Word Forms
- flacks
- flacking
- flacked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flacker, flicker, flutter, flitter, beflutter, flounce.
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