K

The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Character

  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
    • The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name)....

Forms

k Ks K's

Related

letter A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L

Interjection

  1. OK
    • K, dad, I'll go to my room. - 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 23:

    Synonyms: 'kay

Origin

Clipping of OK.

Related

ace K actinium-K Chiney K Generation K K-10 K-bentonite K-cell K-Country K-culture K-factor K-feldspar K-food K-gun K-Hell K-Mag K-meson K of C K-particle K-pop K-Quarantine K-rat K-swap K-swapped K-T

Noun

  1. Abbreviation of contract.
  2. Abbreviation of kindergarten.
    • "K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade.
  3. Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,000 or 1,024.
    • 5k = 5,000
  4. A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
  5. Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
  6. Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.
  7. Abbreviation of king.
    • 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=) - 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 23:
    • The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+ Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+. - 2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering...
  8. Abbreviation of carrying capacity.
  9. Abbreviation of Cretaceous.
  10. Abbreviation of knit.
    • Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1. - 1855, Godey's Magazine, volume 51, page 71:
  11. Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug).
    • At high levels of concentration of K in the blood, the observer/operator is cut off from his interlock with e.r., including the human consensus reality. - 1978, John C. Lilly, “Seduction by K”, in The Scientist,...
  12. Abbreviation of Köchel number.
    • Die Zauberflöte, K. 620

Origin

Abbreviations.

Forms

Ks

Derived

KPg KT K-hole Special K

Numeral

  1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Forms

k Ks K's