Meanings
aks1
verbaks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)
present singular third person akses · participle present aksing · participle past aksed · past aksed
- AfricaMulticultural London EnglishWestWest CountrydialectalAfrican-American Vernacular; Bermuda; Maori English and Ireland; African-American Vernacular; Bermuda; Maori English and IrelandTo ask.
AKS, ask.
1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire, London: J.R.Smith, page 31 more example
Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.
2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132
AKs2
noun
- pluralplural of AK
Origin
- Old Englishacsian“ask”
- Englishaks
From Old English acsian (“ask”); see ax for more.
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Chicago
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