press agent
Origin of flack
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps to serve as a press agent
noun
- The definition of a flack is a publicity agent.
An example of a flack is a person who makes sure a celebrity stays in the public eye.
- Flack is defined as to promote something or someone.
An example of flack is to hand out fliers for a club.
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flack
alt. sp. of flak
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flack
Informal
noun
A press agent; a publicist.
verb
flacked, flack·ing, flacksverb
intransitiveTo act as a press agent: flacking for a movie studio.
verb
transitiveTo act as a press agent for; promote: authors who tour the country flacking their books.
Origin of flack
Perhaps after Gene Flack a movie press agent in the 1920s and 1930sRelated Forms:
- flack′er·y
noun
noun
Variant of flak
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present flacks, present participle flacking, simple past and past participle flacked)
Origin
From Middle English flacken (“to palpitate, flutter”), akin to Middle Dutch vlacken (“to flicker, flash, sparkle”), Danish flakke (“to wander”), Swedish flacka (“to rove, rove about, ramble”), Icelandic flakka (“to move”). Compare also Icelandic flaka (“to flap, hang loose”), Swedish flaxa (“to flap, flutter”).
Verb
(third-person singular simple present flacks, present participle flacking, simple past and past participle flacked)
Origin
Unknown
Origin
See also: fläckVariant of flak.
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flack - Computer Definition
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Sentence Examples
- After all the flack, mudslinging and criticism she took from having her family the focus of attention for the now canceled Jon and Kate Plus Eight and then Kate Plus Eight, she still wants her own show?
- So ironically, despite the flack its older cousins the original thong and the bikini have gotten, the low rise thong actually encourages modesty and makes things a little bit easier on fashion.
- Chumbawamba’s 1997 hit Tubthumping has taken a lot of flack in the years since its release – find a “worst song” list, and you’re almost certain to find it there.
- Colbie had seen Lauryn Hill in the film Sister Act 2, but it was Hill's remake of the Roberta Flack song Killing Me Softly that piqued Colbie's interest in singing and songwriting.
- Hardcore Pawn is the target of lots of flack for being a "rip-off" of the History Channel's Pawn Stars series.
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