ack

Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.

Interjection

  1. Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.
  2. Mocking a transgender person by imitating the sound of choking during a suicide by hanging, evoking the notion that transgender people frequently commit suicide.
    • ACK! - 2021 September 22, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:
    • >...ACK! - 2021 September 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:
    • Hahaha Nooo dad why won't you accept me for my true self noooo ....BLURK.. ack ack - 2021 September 23, anonymous author, 4chan, /qa/:

Origin

Imitative. Etymology 2, interjection sense 2 is first attested in the latter part of September, 2021 on /qa/ - Question & Answer, from which it appears to have originated.

Interjection broadcasting, media

  1. acknowledged

Origin

Clipping of acknowledged.

Noun

  1. The letter A as used in signalling and other types of communications.
    • They had to begin at the beginning: learning the Morse code, flag-wagging, a succession of acks, and practice on the buzzer. - 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 173:
  2. acknowledgment signal

Forms

acks ACK

Antonyms

nack nak

Derived

ack emma ack-ack

Verb alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative form of ACK.

Forms

acks acking acked

Verb offensive, reflexive

  1. To commit suicide.
    • Ack yourself.

Forms

acks acking acked