AK -abbr

  1. Alaska

aka -abbr

  1. also known as

Akan ['ä-,kän] -n

  1. a member of any of the Akan-speaking peoples (as the Ashanti)
  2. a Kwa language of southern Ghana and the southeast Ivory Coast

AKC -abbr

  1. American Kennel Club

AK47 ['ā-'kā-,fȯr-tē-'se-vᵊn] -n

  1. a Soviet-designed 7.62 mm (.30 cal.) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for automatic or semiautomatic fire

akim·bo [ə-'kim-(,)bō] -adj or adv

  1. having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward
  2. set in a bent position
    • a tailor sitting with legs akim*bo

akin [ə-'kin] -adj

  1. related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype
  2. essentially similar, related, or compatible
    • his interests are akin to mine

Aki·ta [ə-'kē-tə, ä-] -n

  1. any of a breed of large muscular dogs of Japanese origin

Ak·ka·di·an [ə-'kā-dē-ən] -n, adj

  1. an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia
  2. a Semitic inhabitant of central Mesopotamia before 2000 b.c.