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flacking

flacking is the present participle and gerund 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 flacking

What is flacking the present participle and gerund of?
Flacking is the present participle and gerund of flack.

Words near flacking in the dictionary

  1. flackering
  2. flackers
  3. flackery
  4. flacket
  5. flackets
  6. flacking
  7. flacks
  8. Flackwell Heath
  9. flacon
  10. flacons
  11. flacourtia

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