ACK-ACK Definition & Meaning

ack-ack

Or Ack-Ack

[ak-ak]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

antiaircraft fire.
antiaircraft arms.

ack-ack

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noun

1. anti-aircraft fire
2. ( as modifier )
  ack-ack guns
anti-aircraft arms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ack-ack¹

1935–40; for A.A. (abbreviation of a(nti) a(ircraft) ) as said by British signalmen referring to sense 2

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ack-ack¹

C20: British army World War I phonetic alphabet for AA, abbreviation of anti-aircraft

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“The surface vessels were throwing up a tremendous barrage of ack-ack fire.”

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More recent history lies in the second world war ack-ack gun emplacements, still in good shape, but more and more engulfed by the vegetation every year.

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Beyond the ack-ack, they heard artillery fire, their own, some way further to the west.

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The ack-ack guns make so much noise you can’t hear your own voice.

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Atkinson beautifully conjures London under siege, with the blackout and the bombing and the “ack-ack guns being assembled” in Hyde Park.

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