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ack

1 American  
[ak] / æk /

interjection

  1. (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.
ack. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. acknowledge.

  2. acknowledgment.

Etymology

Origin of ack

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

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Business has started to pick up, and inside one of the family’s rooms there are screws and a car ack next to a door.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021

We need to remember why we were once the promise of a better tomorrow for the world, and get ourselves ack in the game.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2015

During the war, she felt guilty for having such an interesting job "while my girlfriends were yawning their heads off on night duty in the RAF operation rooms, or getting chilblains on ack ack sites".

From The Guardian • May 15, 2010

“Whut make you ack lak dat wid yo’ drinkin’ water, Tea Cake?

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

“Yeah; tha’s ’cause so many of us ack like Bigger Thomas; tha’s all.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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