flakn.

Brit.

/flak/, U.S.

/flæk/

Forms: Also flack.

Etymology: German, < the initials of the elements of fliegerabwehrkanone ‘pilot-defence-gun’.

a. An anti-aircraft gun; also (the usual sense in English), anti-aircraft fire. Also attributive. So flak-happy adj. mentally affected by flak (cf. bomb-happy adj. at bomb n. Compounds 2). flak jacket n. a protective jacket of heavy fabric containing metal strips or plates. flak ship n. a German anti-aircraft vessel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > shell-shock, etc.

shell-shocked1915

flak-happy1938

bomb-happy1943

rock happy1943

sand-happy1943

bushed1952

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat > anti-aircraft

flak ship1938

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance

bombardc1430

ribaudequin1443

stock-gun1465

seven sistersa1529

chamber1540

bastard1545

chamber piece1547

volger1548

dogc1550

battardc1565

long shot1595

quarter piece1625

pelican1639

monkey1650

spirol1653

stock-fowler1669

saltamartino1684

smeriglio1688

botcarda1700

carriage gun1723

Lancaster1857

Armstrong1860

wire gun1860

Columbiad1861

Parrott1861

wedge-gun1876

truck-gun1883

motor cannon1889

Black Maria1914

Jack Johnson1914

supergun1915

flak1938

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery > of specific type of artillery

rocketing?a1800

pom-pomming1901

ack-ack1917

flak1938

mortaring1964

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > plate-coat or -jacket

coatc1300

acton1328

jackc1380

haquetona1400

jazeranta1400

coat of fence1490

halkrig1516

plate-coat1521

coat-armour1603

coat of arms1613

plate-jackc1720

jacket1916

flak jacket1956

1938 Jane's Fighting Ships 218/2 [On a German vessel] A.A. guns. 4·1 inch, 3·5 inch on H.A. mounts (‘Flak’).

1940 Times Weekly 23 Apr. 2 Heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire from the flak ships.

1940 Times 16 Sept. 2/3 The word ‘Flak’ is probably used in every Bomber Command pilot's report after a raid on Germany.

1940 Flight 19 Sept. 224/1 One of the British bombers which raided Berlin..had been damaged when diving through heavy Flak fire.

1941 D. Garnett War in Air x. 99 Every motorised column of troops..had its own ‘Flak’ detachment of anti-aircraft guns.

1941 Times 30 Sept. 4/7 Blenheim and Beaufort aircraft of Coastal Command flew through intense flak.

1943 in Amer. Speech (1944) 19 60 Flak Happy.

1943 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 12 May–3 Aug. 50 One of Hitler's hush-hush flak-towers designed for high elevation defence against raiding aircraft.

1944 Amer. Speech 19 10 Flak-happy..was used to designate the mental confusion of an airman exposed to severe flak.

1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 207/1 Flak curtain... Flak jacket.

1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 207/2 Flak suit... Flak vest.

1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxviii. 230 The bomb-aimer got a faceful of flak.

1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xiv. 141 He left his flak suit and parachute there.

1968 Observer 4 Feb. 1/1 No man ventures out without a gun and a flak jacket.

1970 Guardian 10 July 11/1 Experienced reporters here [i.e. in Belfast]..have been sending to London for flak jackets.

1971 Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 8/7 The burst of orgasms coming as incessantly as a barrage of flak leave one a little sex-shocked.

b. figurative. (A barrage of) abuse, adverse criticism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun]

balec1220

ordurec1390

revile1439

brawlingc1440

railing1466

opprobry?a1475

revilingc1475

vituperation1481

vituper1484

vitupery1489

convicy1526

abusion?1530

blasphemation1533

pelta1540

oblatration?1552

words of mischief1555

abuse1559

inveighing1568

invection1590

revilement1590

invective1602

opprobration1623

invecture1633

thunder and lightning1638

raillery1669

rattlinga1677

blackguarding1742

pillory1770

slang1805

slangwhanging1809

bullyragging1820

slanging1856

bespattering1862

bespatterment1870

bad-mouthing1939

bad mouth1947

slagging1956

flak1968

verbal1970

handbagging1987

pelters1992

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe

biting1382

tomahawking1777

sledgehammering1853

grief1891

pan1899

panning1908

excoriation1924

flak1968

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > tirade of invective or abuse

invective1523

raila1529

philippic1592

steletic1653

Steliteutic1751

tirade1801

diatribe1804

tertullianade1819

blast1874

pop-off1935

mouthful1941

flak1968

1968 N.Y. Times 20 May 46 In spite of the current flak between Mayor Lindsay and..the..administrator of Boston and New Haven.., the potential for the city is unlimited.

1969 A. Lurie Real People 163 Well, all right. So why all the flak?

1972 New Yorker 16 Jan. 41 (caption) Getting much flak from Women's Lib?

1975 High Times Dec. 111/2 You may find yorself gathering flack from more vigilant foes of the herb.

1976 T. Stoppard Dirty Linen 25 Isn't that going to cause rather a lot of flak in the..P.L.P.?

1981 Times 19 Oct. 17/8 When someone left the office lights on during a power crisis, they..got a good deal of flack in the morning.

1985 A. Blond Book Bk. ix. 143 Trade pressure groups like the Book Marketing Council have received flak from such pundits as Bernard Levin.

Draft additions 1993

flak-catcher n. colloquial (originally U.S.) one who deals with and deflects adverse or hostile comment, questions, etc., in order to protect a person or institution from unfavourable publicity; also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > one who averts criticism

flak-catcher1970

1970 T. Wolfe Radical Chic & Mau-mauing Flak Catchers 110 And then it dawns on you... This man is the flak catcher. His job is to catch the flak for the No. 1 man.

1976 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 31 Jan. 7/4 The cynic sees regulatory agencies as flak-catchers for the government.

1984 Melody Maker 6 Oct. 14/5 They defend themselves pretty well, putting up their wittiest flak-catchers for interview.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flak
释义	flakn. Brit. /flak/, U.S. /flæk/ Forms: Also flack. Etymology: German, < the initials of the elements of fliegerabwehrkanone ‘pilot-defence-gun’. a. An anti-aircraft gun; also (the usual sense in English), anti-aircraft fire. Also attributive. So flak-happy adj. mentally affected by flak (cf. bomb-happy adj. at bomb n. Compounds 2). flak jacket n. a protective jacket of heavy fabric containing metal strips or plates. flak ship n. a German anti-aircraft vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > shell-shock, etc. shell-shocked1915 flak-happy1938 bomb-happy1943 rock happy1943 sand-happy1943 bushed1952 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat > anti-aircraft flak ship1938 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance bombardc1430 ribaudequin1443 stock-gun1465 seven sistersa1529 chamber1540 bastard1545 chamber piece1547 volger1548 dogc1550 battardc1565 long shot1595 quarter piece1625 pelican1639 monkey1650 spirol1653 stock-fowler1669 saltamartino1684 smeriglio1688 botcarda1700 carriage gun1723 Lancaster1857 Armstrong1860 wire gun1860 Columbiad1861 Parrott1861 wedge-gun1876 truck-gun1883 motor cannon1889 Black Maria1914 Jack Johnson1914 supergun1915 flak1938 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery > of specific type of artillery rocketing?a1800 pom-pomming1901 ack-ack1917 flak1938 mortaring1964 society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > plate-coat or -jacket coatc1300 acton1328 jackc1380 haquetona1400 jazeranta1400 coat of fence1490 halkrig1516 plate-coat1521 coat-armour1603 coat of arms1613 plate-jackc1720 jacket1916 flak jacket1956 1938 Jane's Fighting Ships 218/2 [On a German vessel] A.A. guns. 4·1 inch, 3·5 inch on H.A. mounts (‘Flak’). 1940 Times Weekly 23 Apr. 2 Heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire from the flak ships. 1940 Times 16 Sept. 2/3 The word ‘Flak’ is probably used in every Bomber Command pilot's report after a raid on Germany. 1940 Flight 19 Sept. 224/1 One of the British bombers which raided Berlin..had been damaged when diving through heavy Flak fire. 1941 D. Garnett War in Air x. 99 Every motorised column of troops..had its own ‘Flak’ detachment of anti-aircraft guns. 1941 Times 30 Sept. 4/7 Blenheim and Beaufort aircraft of Coastal Command flew through intense flak. 1943 in Amer. Speech (1944) 19 60 Flak Happy. 1943 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 12 May–3 Aug. 50 One of Hitler's hush-hush flak-towers designed for high elevation defence against raiding aircraft. 1944 Amer. Speech 19 10 Flak-happy..was used to designate the mental confusion of an airman exposed to severe flak. 1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 207/1 Flak curtain... Flak jacket. 1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 207/2 Flak suit... Flak vest. 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxviii. 230 The bomb-aimer got a faceful of flak. 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xiv. 141 He left his flak suit and parachute there. 1968 Observer 4 Feb. 1/1 No man ventures out without a gun and a flak jacket. 1970 Guardian 10 July 11/1 Experienced reporters here [i.e. in Belfast]..have been sending to London for flak jackets. 1971 Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 8/7 The burst of orgasms coming as incessantly as a barrage of flak leave one a little sex-shocked. b. figurative. (A barrage of) abuse, adverse criticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] balec1220 ordurec1390 revile1439 brawlingc1440 railing1466 opprobry?a1475 revilingc1475 vituperation1481 vituper1484 vitupery1489 convicy1526 abusion?1530 blasphemation1533 pelta1540 oblatration?1552 words of mischief1555 abuse1559 inveighing1568 invection1590 revilement1590 invective1602 opprobration1623 invecture1633 thunder and lightning1638 raillery1669 rattlinga1677 blackguarding1742 pillory1770 slang1805 slangwhanging1809 bullyragging1820 slanging1856 bespattering1862 bespatterment1870 bad-mouthing1939 bad mouth1947 slagging1956 flak1968 verbal1970 handbagging1987 pelters1992 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe biting1382 tomahawking1777 sledgehammering1853 grief1891 pan1899 panning1908 excoriation1924 flak1968 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > tirade of invective or abuse invective1523 raila1529 philippic1592 steletic1653 Steliteutic1751 tirade1801 diatribe1804 tertullianade1819 blast1874 pop-off1935 mouthful1941 flak1968 1968 N.Y. Times 20 May 46 In spite of the current flak between Mayor Lindsay and..the..administrator of Boston and New Haven.., the potential for the city is unlimited. 1969 A. Lurie Real People 163 Well, all right. So why all the flak? 1972 New Yorker 16 Jan. 41 (caption) Getting much flak from Women's Lib? 1975 High Times Dec. 111/2 You may find yorself gathering flack from more vigilant foes of the herb. 1976 T. Stoppard Dirty Linen 25 Isn't that going to cause rather a lot of flak in the..P.L.P.? 1981 Times 19 Oct. 17/8 When someone left the office lights on during a power crisis, they..got a good deal of flack in the morning. 1985 A. Blond Book Bk. ix. 143 Trade pressure groups like the Book Marketing Council have received flak from such pundits as Bernard Levin. Draft additions 1993 flak-catcher n. colloquial (originally U.S.) one who deals with and deflects adverse or hostile comment, questions, etc., in order to protect a person or institution from unfavourable publicity; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > one who averts criticism flak-catcher1970 1970 T. Wolfe Radical Chic & Mau-mauing Flak Catchers 110 And then it dawns on you... This man is the flak catcher. His job is to catch the flak for the No. 1 man. 1976 Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 31 Jan. 7/4 The cynic sees regulatory agencies as flak-catchers for the government. 1984 Melody Maker 6 Oct. 14/5 They defend themselves pretty well, putting up their wittiest flak-catchers for interview. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938
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