ack

See also: ACK, ack., and ␆

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Arbitrary formation.

NounEdit

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 2014, p. 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

Alternative formsEdit

• (data communications): ACK

AntonymsEdit

• (data communications): nack, nak

Derived termsEdit

• ack emma

InterjectionEdit

ack

1. (radio communications) acknowledged

Derived termsEdit

• ack-ack

Etymology 2Edit

Imitative.

InterjectionEdit

ack

1. Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.

AnagramsEdit

• AKC

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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InterjectionEdit

ack

1. alas, oh (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

See alsoEdit

• eja

NounEdit

ack c

1. (electronics, slang) an electric accumulator; Contraction of ackumulator.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ack
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ack	acken	ackar	ackarna
Genitive	acks	ackens	ackars	ackarnas