AK

¹

abbreviation

1. (loosely) AK-47.

2. Alaska (approved especially for use with zip code).

a.k.

²

abbreviation

Slang: Vulgar.

1. ass-kisser.

AK

abbreviation

1. Alaska

2. Knight of the Order of Australia

Example Sentences

Playwright a.k. payne, who studied under Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney at Yale, chooses not to capitalize their name.

From Los Angeles Times

This idea is at the core of a.k. payne’s moving two-hander, which stars DeWanda Wise and Kacie Rogers as estranged cousins — one on a three-day furlough from prison, another an Ivy League graduate on a break from her tech job — who reunite in their hometown for a funeral.

From Los Angeles Times

April 16-May 18 “Furlough’s Paradise” at Geffen Playhouse The Geffen Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of a play by a.k. payne that was recently named the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner, a prestigious international award for women+ playwrights in the English-speaking theater.

From Los Angeles Times

"We've considered how the rising CO2 levels will initially boost crop growth through the 'CO2 fertilization effect,' but once temperatures exceed a critical threshold the heat stress will reduce yields," said A.K.

From Science Daily

Los Angeles County health officials said they have detected H5N1 bird flu virus in wastewater collected from the A.K.

From Los Angeles Times