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noun - uncountable

• the hallucinogenic LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide).

  I just did four hits of acid.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "Identity", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: hallucinogens (e.g. LSD).

  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Bev R. on Dec 27 2004.

noun

• an LSD user.

  He's never been the same since he became an acid head.

  • See more words with the same meaning: drug user.

  Last edited on Oct 20 2012. Submitted by Bev R. on Dec 27 2004.

interjection

• as a question, to enquire whether someone is present.

  Speaker: ACK?
  
  Response: ACK.

  • See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: inquiries (list of).

  Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

• as a statement, to confirm one's presence. An appropriate response to ping.

  Speaker: Are you there?
  
  Response: ACK.

  Speaker: ping
  
  Response: ACK.

  • See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: present, near, directly.

  Last edited on Apr 26 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

• an exclamation of surprise or alarm.

  Ack!

  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).

  Last edited on Sep 28 2008. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

• yes.

  Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
  
  Response: ACK.

  Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
  
  Response: ACK, but we don't need to buy one today.

  • See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: yes, agreements (statements of).

  Last edited on Jun 14 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

origin

• ACK is a common abbreviation for "acknowledged," used in computing. The opposite of ACK is NAK.
  
  Note that "ack" as an exclamation of surprise or alarm has no relation to computing.

  Last edited on Apr 26 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.