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Definition of Ack-ack
1. Noun. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
Specialized synonyms: Bofors Gun
Generic synonyms: Gun
Terms within: Predictor
Derivative terms: Antiaircraft
Definition of Ack-ack
1. Noun. Antiaircraft artillery. ¹
2. Noun. Antiaircraft fire ¹
3. Adjective. Of or relating to antiaircraft warfare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ack-ack
Literary usage of Ack-ack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German Popular Tales and Household Stories by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1869)
"But the frogs still continued their "Ack, ack! ... The frogs, however, paid no
attention to his reckoning, and kept calling out, " Ack, ack, ack !" " Ah ! ..."
2. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"Two ack-ack positions were put out of action and several supply and fuel dumps set
... Our only losses were two Beauforts shot down by ack-ack at Gasmata. ..."
3. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... peet-we-o" or a harsh "ack-ack-ack," also a great variety of twittered sounds
put together so that ..."
4. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Story of the Development of a Great Personality by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1909)
"... and the absurd device of reiterating part of the first syllable of the
word "wackelt," in the form of "wack-ack-ack-ack," etc., on a high note which, ..."
5. Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralists by Vic Campbell (1992)
"I aimed and fired: CRACK-ACk-ack-ack! A plume of water rose into the air—but no
fish. Shooting fish appeared to be an easy job, but it wasn't working for us ..."
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