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acks

/ˈæks/

acks is the plural of ack.

Meaning of ack

Noun

ack (plural acks)

  1. (historical) 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. (data communications) acknowledgment signal

See all 8 meanings of ack

Noun capitalized: ACKs

ACKs

  1. (plural) plural of ACK

Words that rhyme with acks

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Questions about acks

What is acks the plural of?
Acks is the plural of ack.
What part of speech is acks?
Acks is a noun.
How do you pronounce acks?
Acks is pronounced /ˈæks/.

Words near acks in the dictionary

  1. acknowlege
  2. acknown
  3. acknowne
  4. acknows
  5. Ackroyd
  6. acks
  7. ackshly
  8. ackshually
  9. ackshully
  10. Ackton
  11. Ackworth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acks (page history and authors); ACKs (page history and authors); ack (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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