ack

[ ak ]

/ æk /

(used as an expression of dismay, frustration, surprise, or the like): Ack! I left the steaks on the counter, and my dog ate them both.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 13

How do you say “cat” 🐈 in Spanish?

First recorded in 1995–2000

ack.

acknowledge.

acknowledgment.

You know, Ack, the melancholy of it all is that we grew up there.
War Nostalgia Is Leading Veterans to Places Like Syria. One Went Missing There.|Elliot Ackerman|May 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A “Cathy” movie, filled with dietary struggles, overbearing mothers, and a script punctuated by a number of “Ack!”
Lights, Camera, Cocktails|Brody Brown|July 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I've been a-nussin' of him and the 'ack most the 'ole night.'
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour|R. S. Surtees
Shore; some of them bottled med'cines is as ack'rate an' as full of action as a six-shooter.
Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis

Cose dey gits mad wid you but dey don' beat non o' us; jes' ack lak it.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
Oi don't a—ack loike it, you—hic—you couldn't tell it on me, b-but Oi—Oi—Oi'm drunk, aw roight.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock|T. S. Stribling
McGee asked the Ack Emma who was making a careful check of the plane.
Aces Up|Covington Clarke