ack-ack

ack-ack

A0058600 (ăk′ăk′)n. Slang 1. An antiaircraft gun.2. Antiaircraft fire.

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[British telephone code for AA, abbreviation for antiaircraft.]

ack-ack

(ˈækˌæk) n1. (Military) a. anti-aircraft fireb. (as modifier): ack-ack guns. 2. (Military) anti-aircraft arms[C20: British army World War I phonetic alphabet for AA, abbreviation of anti-aircraft]

ack-ack

(ˈækˌæk)

n. (esp. during World War II) 1. antiaircraft fire. 2. antiaircraft arms. [1935–40; for A.A. (abbr. of a(nti)a(ircraft))]

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ack-ack - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanesack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, pom-pom, flack, flakBofors gun - an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gungun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)predictor - a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

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