different between ack vs gack

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk/

Etymology 1

Clipping of acknowledged.

Noun

ack (plural acks)

1. (military, now historical) The letter A as used in signalling and other types of communications.
   • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 173:

     They had to begin at the beginning: learning the Morse code, flag-wagging, a succession of acks, and practice on the buzzer.

2. (data communications) acknowledgment signal

Alternative forms

• (data communications): ACK

Antonyms

• (data communications): nack, nak

Derived terms

• ack emma
• ack-ack

Interjection

ack

1. (radio communications) acknowledged

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

ack

1. Expressing distaste, alarm, or trepidation.

Anagrams

• AKC, cak

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish akh, from Middle Low German ach (“an unhappy interjection”).

Interjection

ack

1. alas, oh (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

See also

• eja

Etymology 2

Clipping of ackumulator.

Noun

ack c

1. (electronics, slang) an electric accumulator.

Declension

Synonyms

• ackumulator

English

Etymology

Apparently from the sound made; believed to have first appeared in comic strips.

Interjection

gack

1. (often repeated several times) The sound of a cat coughing up a hairball.
2. A similar sound made to show disgust or disapproval.

Verb

gack (third-person singular simple present gacks, present participle gacking, simple past and past participle gacked)

1. (intransitive) To make a 'gack' noise.
2. (transitive) To expectorate a hairball.

Translations

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gack.

Swedish

Verb

gack

1. (archaic) singular imperative of gå.