Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryGround-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. · Anti-aircraft shell fire. · Adverse criticism. · A public-relations spokesperson.
Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionFlaKde
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