flack

flack
    n 1: a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the
         advantage of their employer [syn: {flak catcher}, {flak},
         {flack catcher}, {flack}]
    2: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
       Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
       "don't give me any flak" [syn: {fire}, {attack}, {flak},
       {flack}, {blast}]
    3: artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn:
       {antiaircraft}, {antiaircraft gun}, {flak}, {flack}, {pom-
       pom}, {ack-ack}, {ack-ack gun}]
    

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "flack":
      advocacy, advocating, antiaircraft fire, bruiting, buildup,
      cross fire, curtain fire, direct fire, drumbeating, dry fire,
      file fire, fire, fire of demolition, firepower, fireworks, firing,
      flak, ground fire, gunfight, gunfire, gunplay, high-angle fire,
      horizontal fire, interdiction fire, machine-gun fire, mortar fire,
      musketry, percussion fire, pistol fire, promoting, promotion,
      publicization, publicizing, raking fire, rapid fire, ricochet fire,
      rifle fire, shellfire, shoot-out, shooting, time fire,
      vertical fire, zone fire