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flacked

flacked is the simple past and past participle of flack.

Meaning of flack

Verb (1)

flack (third-person singular simple present flacks, present participle flacking, simple past and past participle flacked)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To flutter; palpitate.
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To hang loosely; flag.
  3. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To beat by flapping.

Verb (2)

flack (third-person singular simple present flacks, present participle flacking, simple past and past participle flacked)

  1. (Canada, US) 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.1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld

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Questions about flacked

What is flacked the simple past and past participle of?
Flacked is the simple past and past participle of flack.

Words near flacked in the dictionary

  1. flack
  2. flack catcher
  3. flack catchers
  4. flack-catcher
  5. flack-catchers
  6. flacked
  7. flacker
  8. flackered
  9. flackeries
  10. flackering
  11. flackers

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