ack emman.adv.

Brit.

/ˌak ˈɛmə/, U.S.

/ˌæk ˈɛmə/

Forms: see ack n. and emma n. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ack n., emma n.

Etymology: < ack n. + emma n. In senses A. 1 and B. representing a.m. adv. In sense A. 2 representing the initial letters of air mechanic n. at air n.¹ Compounds 2. Compare pip emma n.

Originally British Military. Now chiefly archaic or historical.

A. n.

1. The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloquial) the morning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun]

morn-tideeOE

mornOE

undermealOE

morrowlOE

yeender12..

morningc1275

morrow-tidec1300

morn-whilea1325

morningc1400

forenoon1511

morning-tide1530

matins1604

ante-noon1686

mane1727

a.m.1757

ack emma1909

1909 People's Pop. Monthly (Iowa) 1 Feb. The idea was that the change would minimize the possibility of a 12-hour error in any specified time by the omission or mis-reading of A. M. or P. M.—the ‘ack emma’ or ‘pip emma’ of the [British] army signallers.

1917 ‘I. Hay’ Carrying On vi. 134 He [sc. the Signaller] salutes the rosy dawn as ‘Akk Emma’, and eventide as ‘Pip Emma’.

1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 93 Ack Emma... a.m. = morning.

1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 2 Jan. No doubt very early in the ack emma of January 4 the country [sc. Britain] will again resound to the throb of industry.

2. An air mechanic.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun] > other types

millwright1387

field engineer1758

chemical engineer1838

mechanical engineer1840

industrial engineer1849

structural engineer1867

civil1873

sanitary engineer1873

radio engineer1910

stress analyst1916

ack emma1917

stressman1919

roboticist1940

systems engineer1940

environmental engineer1947

terotechnologist1970

knowledge engineer1981

1917 A. S. G. Lee Let. 22 May in No Parachute (1968) ii. 12 Two ack-emmas ran out when he circled.

1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory 78 The Ak Emma went off in search of food.

a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xxii. 78 We shorten them [sc. our ranks] to LAC, AC I, AC II, and speak of ourselves as ‘ack-emmas’ (the air mechanic of the Great War) or ‘urks’.

2004 Times (Nexis) 17 July (Weekend Review section) 4 The faithful ack-emma (aircraft mechanic) of 266 Squadron swung the propeller... The machine took off..into the sky-blue yonder for another adventure.

B. adv.

With preceding numeral: ante meridiem, a.m.; in the morning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]

earlyOE

orOE

ereOE

amornOE

amorrowc1275

rathec1275

betimea1300

morningc1325

of (also in, on) morningsc1395

a-morninga1400

a-morningsc1400

betimes1481

morningly1560

in the morning1562

ante meridiem1563

timeous1566

rare1574

in a morning1591

rearly1596

timeouslyc1600

mornly1605

a.m.1651

rear1714

antemeridian1770

bright and early1805

matutinely1833

matutinally1897

ack emma1918

1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians xxvi. 234 The nurse rousing me at six ‘ack emma’ (AM) to have my face and hands washed.

1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death iii. xxiii. 285 Some damned thing at the Yard, I suppose. At three ack emma!

1967 K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman i. 21 ‘Seven ack emma tomorrow if you can manage.’ ‘Night, sir,’ Honeybody lumbered off.

1996 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Apr. 22 Our presence, they said, was required. At 11 ack emma sharp, Platform 1, Perth Station to meet the Royal train.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

Used originally in telephone communications and in the oral transliteration of code messages, hence colloquial, for m, as in ack emma, for a.m. (see ack n.); emma-emma-esses (see quot. 1919); emma-gee, for m.g. = machine gun; pip emma, for p.m. (see pip n.⁴); toc emma, for t.m. (see toc emma n.).

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > terms used in

emma1891

ack1898

pip1898

toc1898

vic1913

1891 Man. Instructions Signalling 94 The reader may pronounce his letters in any distinctive method to distinguish those letters which resemble others in sound, e.g. B, V, D, E, or M, N, etc. may be called Beer, Vay, Do, E, and Emma and N, etc.

1898 Signalling Instr. (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma.

1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’—as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon.

1918 H. W. McBride Emma Gees i. 9 Emma Gee is signaler's lingo for M.G., meaning machine gunner.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 Emma-emma-esses, smoke-oh. (From the signal alphabet, MMS, Men may smoke.)

1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma.

1931 Morning Post 20 Aug. 8/5 He was the only infantry officer..who had a good word for the Trench Mortar crowd. ‘Are you Toc Emmas? You're just the men I want.’

1969 P. G. Wodehouse Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma.

单词	ack emma
释义	ack emman.adv. Brit. /ˌak ˈɛmə/, U.S. /ˌæk ˈɛmə/ Forms: see ack n. and emma n. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ack n., emma n. Etymology: < ack n. + emma n. In senses A. 1 and B. representing a.m. adv. In sense A. 2 representing the initial letters of air mechanic n. at air n.¹ Compounds 2. Compare pip emma n. Originally British Military. Now chiefly archaic or historical. A. n. 1. The signal used to denote the letters a.m. (for ante meridiem) in telephone communications, etc.; (hence colloquial) the morning. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun] morn-tideeOE mornOE undermealOE morrowlOE yeender12.. morningc1275 morrow-tidec1300 morn-whilea1325 morningc1400 forenoon1511 morning-tide1530 matins1604 ante-noon1686 mane1727 a.m.1757 ack emma1909 1909 People's Pop. Monthly (Iowa) 1 Feb. The idea was that the change would minimize the possibility of a 12-hour error in any specified time by the omission or mis-reading of A. M. or P. M.—the ‘ack emma’ or ‘pip emma’ of the [British] army signallers. 1917 ‘I. Hay’ Carrying On vi. 134 He [sc. the Signaller] salutes the rosy dawn as ‘Akk Emma’, and eventide as ‘Pip Emma’. 1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 93 Ack Emma... a.m. = morning. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 2 Jan. No doubt very early in the ack emma of January 4 the country [sc. Britain] will again resound to the throb of industry. 2. An air mechanic. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > engineer > [noun] > other types millwright1387 field engineer1758 chemical engineer1838 mechanical engineer1840 industrial engineer1849 structural engineer1867 civil1873 sanitary engineer1873 radio engineer1910 stress analyst1916 ack emma1917 stressman1919 roboticist1940 systems engineer1940 environmental engineer1947 terotechnologist1970 knowledge engineer1981 1917 A. S. G. Lee Let. 22 May in No Parachute (1968) ii. 12 Two ack-emmas ran out when he circled. 1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory 78 The Ak Emma went off in search of food. a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xxii. 78 We shorten them [sc. our ranks] to LAC, AC I, AC II, and speak of ourselves as ‘ack-emmas’ (the air mechanic of the Great War) or ‘urks’. 2004 Times (Nexis) 17 July (Weekend Review section) 4 The faithful ack-emma (aircraft mechanic) of 266 Squadron swung the propeller... The machine took off..into the sky-blue yonder for another adventure. B. adv. With preceding numeral: ante meridiem, a.m.; in the morning. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb] earlyOE orOE ereOE amornOE amorrowc1275 rathec1275 betimea1300 morningc1325 of (also in, on) morningsc1395 a-morninga1400 a-morningsc1400 betimes1481 morningly1560 in the morning1562 ante meridiem1563 timeous1566 rare1574 in a morning1591 rearly1596 timeouslyc1600 mornly1605 a.m.1651 rear1714 antemeridian1770 bright and early1805 matutinely1833 matutinally1897 ack emma1918 1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians xxvi. 234 The nurse rousing me at six ‘ack emma’ (AM) to have my face and hands washed. 1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death iii. xxiii. 285 Some damned thing at the Yard, I suppose. At three ack emma! 1967 K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman i. 21 ‘Seven ack emma tomorrow if you can manage.’ ‘Night, sir,’ Honeybody lumbered off. 1996 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Apr. 22 Our presence, they said, was required. At 11 ack emma sharp, Platform 1, Perth Station to meet the Royal train. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ack emma Used originally in telephone communications and in the oral transliteration of code messages, hence colloquial, for m, as in ack emma, for a.m. (see ack n.); emma-emma-esses (see quot. 1919); emma-gee, for m.g. = machine gun; pip emma, for p.m. (see pip n.⁴); toc emma, for t.m. (see toc emma n.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > terms used in emma1891 ack1898 pip1898 toc1898 vic1913 1891 Man. Instructions Signalling 94 The reader may pronounce his letters in any distinctive method to distinguish those letters which resemble others in sound, e.g. B, V, D, E, or M, N, etc. may be called Beer, Vay, Do, E, and Emma and N, etc. 1898 Signalling Instr. (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma. 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand xix. 289 ‘Pip Emma’—as our friends the ‘buzzers’ call the afternoon. 1918 H. W. McBride Emma Gees i. 9 Emma Gee is signaler's lingo for M.G., meaning machine gunner. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 Emma-emma-esses, smoke-oh. (From the signal alphabet, MMS, Men may smoke.) 1926 E. Wallace Door with Seven Locks xiii. 125 Tell him I want to raid Gallows Cottage, Gallows Hill, at eleven-fifteen pip-emma. 1931 Morning Post 20 Aug. 8/5 He was the only infantry officer..who had a good word for the Trench Mortar crowd. ‘Are you Toc Emmas? You're just the men I want.’ 1969 P. G. Wodehouse Pelican at Blandings vi. 83 We shall meet at twelve pip emma. extracted from emman. < n.adv.1909 as lemmas
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