ack

See also: ACK, ack., and ␆

Translingual

Symbol

ack

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æk/
Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

Clipping of acknowledged.

Noun

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 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.
(data communications) acknowledgment signal

Alternative forms

(data communications): ACK

Antonyms

(data communications): nack, nak

Derived terms

ack emma
ack-ack

Verb

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

Alternative form of ACK.

Interjection

ack

(radio communications) acknowledged

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

ack

Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.

Anagrams

AKC, cak

Scots

Alternative forms

ac'
act, actt, auct, accke, aick, akk (older)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑk/

Noun

ack (plural acks)

act

Verb

ack (present participle akkin, past participle acket)

to act

Derived terms

acker
ackie

References

“ack, n., v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

ack

alas, oh (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Etymology 2

Clipping of ackumulator.

Noun

ack c

(electronics, slang) an electric accumulator.

Declension

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

Synonyms

ackumulator