flack — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

all, right, united

VERB + FLACK

said, thought, top

FLACK + NOUN

facebook, i'm, p

PREP.

up

Definitions

verb

1

To flutter; palpitate.

2

To hang loosely; flag.

3

To beat by flapping.

noun

1

A publicist, a publicity agent.

Edward Bernay, who was a consultant to the US Delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference which terminated the first World War (and who finally wound up as a flack for the United Fruit Company in Latin America), believed that propaganda and its covert marketing could effectively alter the will of the American public.

Thought you were flack," she said. "I'm not flack." "All right, P.R., a reporter, a novelist."

verb

1

To publicise, to promote.

[..] he told funny stories about his early days in the theater district, flacking shows up and down the street, but Klara wasn’t listening.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

noun — intense adverse criticism

noun — a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advan

flak

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

4

01

Edward Bernay, who was a consultant to the US Delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference which terminated the first World War (and who finally wound up as a flack for the United Fruit Company in La

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02

Thought you were flack," she said. "I'm not flack." "All right, P.R., a reporter, a novelist."

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03

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

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04

[..] he told funny stories about his early days in the theater district, flacking shows up and down the street, but Klara wasn’t listening.

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Usage Notes

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