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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | ACK /ak/ interj. 1. [common; from the ASCII mnemonic for 0000110] Acknowledge. Used to register one's presence (compare mainstream _Yo!_). An appropriate response to ping or ENQ. 2. [from the comic strip "Bloom County"] An exclamation of surprised disgust, esp. in "Ack pffft!" Semi-humorous. Generally this sense is not spelled in caps (ACK) and is distinguished by a following exclamation point. 3. Used to politely interrupt someone to tell them you understand their point (see NAK). Thus, for example, you might cut off an overly long explanation with "Ack. Ack. Ack. I get it now". 4. An affirmative. "Think we ought to ditch that damn NT server for a Linux box?" "ACK!" There is also a usage "ACK?" (from sense 1) meaning "Are you there?", often used in email when earlier mail has produced no reply, or during a lull in talk mode to see if the person has gone away (the standard humorous response is of course NAK (sense 1), i.e., "I'm not here"). Source: Jargon File. |
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Crosswords: ACK |
| Specialty definitions using "ACK": Alternating bit protocol ♦ Binary Synchronous Transmission ♦ c386 ♦ ENQ ♦ NAK, negative acknowledge ♦ Packet InterNet Groper ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ACK" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (acknowledge, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, receipt, receive acknowledge), Swedish (ah, alas, ay, o, oh, ow). |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AcK | English | Actinium K | N/A |
ACK | French | Accusé de réception | Electrical Engineering |
ACK | German | Empfang bestätigen | Transportation |
ACK | Italian | Riscontro | Electrical Engineering |
ACK | Portuguese | Acuso de recepção | Electrical Engineering |
ACK | Spanish | Acuse de recibo | Electrical Engineering |
| ACK l | English | Acknowledgment | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | How you gonna ack like my neck don't bling? (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | I hain't nothin' but a boy, but I got to ack like a man now. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "ACK" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "ACK" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ACK" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ack | Last name | 170 | 53,195 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ACK": ack-ack, ack-ack gun, ack-acking, ack-tor, ack-tors. | |
Ending with "ACK": co-ack, ja-ack. | |
Containing "ACK": ack-ack gun. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ack | 86 | ack mud | 3 |
ack e2 | 7 | 580 ack | 3 |
ack technology | 7 | ack 540 | 3 |
ack fool | 7 | ack arg grr | 3 |
1 55kb ack ack attack player | 6 | ack nak | 3 |
ack 600 | 4 | ack 595 | 3 |
ack jeeves | 4 | ack come creare udp un | 3 |
800 ack | 4 | ack di esempi udp | 2 |
ack emma | 4 | ack dac | 2 |
ack last | 4 | ack trading | 2 |
ack syn | 4 | 500 ac ack adapter canon | 2 |
ack ack | 4 | ack control | 2 |
ack electronics | 4 | ack dog | 2 |
ack du sköna värmland | 3 | ack elt | 2 |
ack radio | 3 | ack b eyed pea | 2 |
ack 700 | 3 | ack gonna like that | 2 |
ack du sköna värmeland | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ACK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kundërajror (ack-ack, anti-aircraft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | зенитен (ack-ack, anti-aircraft, meridian, zenithal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dìlostřelectvo (ack-ack, artillery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luchtafweergeschut (ack-ack, anti-aircraft guns). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aerdefenda artilerio (ack-ack, anti-aircraft guns). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | artillerie anti-aérienne (ack-ack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | flak (ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, anti-aircraft gun, archie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αντιαεροπορικό πυρ (ack-ack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légvédelmi (Aa, ack-ack, air raid, antiaircraft, anti-aircraft), légelhárítás (ack-ack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackay ack-ack-ack (ack-ack), fogo antiaéreo (ack-ack, flak), bateria antiaérea (ack-ack). (various references) tun sau tir antiaerian (ack-ack). (various references) зенитный (ack-ack, anti-aircraft, zenithal). (various references) protivavionska vatra (ack-ack). (various references) defensa antiaéria (ack-ack). (various references) luftvärnseld (ack-ack), luftvärns- (ack-ack, antiaircraft, anti-aircraft). (various references) uçaksavar topu (ack-ack, Archibald, Archie), uçaksavar ateşi (ack-ack, flak, prang). (various references) зенітна гармата (ack-ack), зенітний вогонь (ack-ack, flak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | penuria. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ACK": ackee, ackees, acknowledge, acknowledged, acknowledgedly, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgment, acknowledgments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ACK": aback, alack, amberjack, amtrack, antiblack, anticrack, antihijack, antikickback, applejack, arrack, attack, back, backpack, backtrack, bareback, barrack, biofeedback, bipack, black, blackjack, blowback, bluejack, bookrack, bootblack, bootjack, brushback, bushwhack, buyback, callback, calpack, camelback, canvasback, carack, carrack, carryback, cheapjack, clack, coalsack, coatrack, comeback, cookshack, cornerback, cossack, counterattack, crack, crackajack, crackback, crackerjack, crookback, cutback, diamondback. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ACK": amberjacks, amtracks, antibacklash, antiblackism, antiblackisms, antiracketeering, applejacks, arracks, attacked, attacker, attackers, attacking, attackman, attackmen, attacks, backache, backaches, backbeat, backbeats, backbench, backbencher, backbenchers, backbenches, backbend, backbends, backbit, backbite, backbiter, backbiters, backbites, backbiting, backbitings, backbitten, backblock, backblocks, backboard, backboards, backbone, backbones, backbreaker, backbreakers, backbreaking, backcast, backcasts, backchat, backchats, backcloth, backcloths, backcountries, backcountry, backcourt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k" | |
-1 letter: ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-k" | |
+1 letter: back, cake, caky, calk, cark, cask, hack, jack, lack, mack, pack, rack, sack, tack, wack, yack. | |
+2 letters: aback, ackee, acock, alack, amuck, backs, black, caked, cakes, cakey, calks, carks, casks, casky, caulk, chalk, chark, clack, clank, cloak, crack, crake, crank, creak, croak, flack, hacek, hacks, jacks, jacky, knack, kyack, lacks, macks, packs, plack, pucka, quack, racks, sacks, shack, slack, smack, snack, stack, tacks, tacky, thack, track, wacke, wacko, wacks, wacky, whack, wrack, yacks. | |
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