ack-ack

ack-ack

n.

[from AA, meaning antiaircraft pronounced ack-ack by British signalmen.]

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes; antiaircraft artillery. (Mil.)

Syn. -- antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, pompom, pom-pom, ack-ack gun

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