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✅ A confirmation ✅ To confirm receipt 😣 Frustrated exclamation
to ack

to ack

1 9.9
To send a short message to show you received something
  • verb
  • /æk/
  • Jargon
translation icon : confirmar
  • Thank you, and ack ack a-dack.

Examples

  • Thank you, and ack ack a-dack.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • But I break out when I'm shell acked.

    The Pest (1997)

  • Le's jus cu o he brass acks, shall we?

    Daddy and Them (2001)

  • I received your message, so I will ack it now for you.

  • When the team leader saw the report, she quickly sent an ack to confirm it was received.

  • He hit 'send' and waited for an ack back from the server.

Synonyms

to acknowledge
vsto ack
  • Formal
96 3.6

To tell someone you have received something they sent

is used mainly to send a brief electronic confirmation of receipt

Compounds

ack-ack gun
  • Archaic
9.9

A large gun on the ground that shoots at enemy planes

Surface Forms

ack infinitive
acked past
acked past participle
acking present participle
acks third person singular

Etymology

The verb ack comes from the short form of acknowledge, which means 'to say you received or noted something', so to 'ack' a message is to send that confirmation.