ack
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
ack
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of acknowledged.
Noun edit
ack (plural acks)
- (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.
- (data communications) acknowledgment signal
Alternative forms edit
- (data communications): ACK
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
ack (third-person singular simple present acks, present participle acking, simple past and past participle acked)
- Alternative form of ACK.
Interjection edit
ack
- (radio communications) acknowledged
Etymology 2 edit
Imitative.
Interjection edit
ack
- Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English acte, from Old French act, from Latin ācta, plural of āctus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ack (plural acks)
Verb edit
ack (past participle acket)
- to act
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ack, n., v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish akh, from Middle Low German ach (“an unhappy interjection”).
Interjection edit
ack
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of ackumulator.
Noun edit
ack c
- (electronics, slang) an electric accumulator.
Declension edit
Declension of ack | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ack | acken | ackar | ackarna |
Genitive | acks | ackens | ackars | ackarnas |