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Flack
- noun - a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- Edwin Harold Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935)[1] was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy",[2] he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896,[3] and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metre
- intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
Flank
- noun - a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg
- a subfigure consisting of a side of something
- be located at the sides of something or somebody
- the side between ribs and hipbone
- the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"
Flask
- noun - bottle that has a narrow neck
- the quantity a flask will hold
Fleak
- - A flake; a thread or twist.
Fleck
- noun - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
- make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
Flick
- noun -
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
- a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"
- a short stroke
- cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"
- flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
- look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- remove with a flick (of the hand)
- shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"
- throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"
- touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand"
- twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
Flisk
- - To frisk; to skip; to caper.
Flock
- noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- a church congregation guided by a pastor
- a group of birds
- a group of sheep or goats
- an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
- come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
- move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
- Soft material for stuffing mattresses, cushions etc.