See also: ACK, ack., and

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ack

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Aka-Kora.

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Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of acknowledged.

Noun edit

ack (plural acks)

  1. (military, now historical) The letter A as used in signalling and other types of communications.
    • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 173:
      They had to begin at the beginning: learning the Morse code, flag-wagging, a succession of acks, and practice on the buzzer.
  2. (data communications) acknowledgment signal
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  • (data communications): ACK
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Verb edit

ack (third-person singular simple present acks, present participle acking, simple past and past participle acked)

  1. Alternative form of ACK.

Interjection edit

ack

  1. (radio communications) acknowledged

Etymology 2 edit

Imitative.

Interjection edit

ack

  1. Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.

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Etymology edit

From Middle English acte, from Old French act, from Latin ācta, plural of āctus.

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Noun edit

ack (plural acks)

  1. act

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ack (past participle acket)

  1. to act

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Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish akh, from Middle Low German ach (an unhappy interjection).

Interjection edit

ack

  1. alas, oh (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
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Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of ackumulator.

Noun edit

ack c

  1. (electronics, slang) an electric accumulator.
Declension edit
Declension of ack 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ack acken ackar ackarna
Genitive acks ackens ackars ackarnas
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