ack

Translingual

Symbol

ack

1. (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)

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

Alternative forms

• (data communications): ACK

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “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)

1. Alternative form of ACK.

Interjection

ack

1. (radio communications) acknowledged

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

ack

1. Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.

Anagrams

• AKC, cak

Scots

Alternative forms

• akk, 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)

1. act

Verb

ack (past participle acket)

1. to act

Derived terms

• acker
• ackie

References

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Interjection

ack

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

See also

• ve
• eja

Etymology 2

Clipping of ackumulator.

Noun

ack c

1. (electronics, slang) an electric accumulator.

Declension

Synonyms

• ackumulator