| flak | (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom |
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| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, blast, fire, flack |
| (noun) a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer | Synonyms: flack, flack catcher, flak catcher |
| flake | (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, fleck, scrap |
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| (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball |
| (noun) a crystal of snow | Synonyms: snowflake |
| (verb) come off in flakes or thin small pieces | Synonyms: flake off, peel, peel off |
| (verb) cover with flakes or as if with flakes | - |
| (verb) form into flakes | - |
| flakey | (adjective) made of or resembling flakes | Synonyms: flaky |
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| (adjective) made of or easily forming flakes | Synonyms: flaky |
| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| flakiness | (noun) having or breaking into thin crisp flakes | - |
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| (noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: craziness, daftness |
| flaky | (adjective) made of or resembling flakes | Synonyms: flakey |
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| (adjective) made of or easily forming flakes | Synonyms: flakey |
| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |