K
character, intj, noun, num, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
- 2 Abbreviation of contract. abbreviation, alt-of, informal
- 3 street names for ketamine wordnet
- 4 A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
- 5 Abbreviation of kindergarten. US, abbreviation, alt-of
""K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade."
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- 6 the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
- 7 kilometre or kilometres. colloquial
"We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat."
- 8 Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,000 or 1,024. abbreviation, alt-of, often
"5k = 5,000"
- 9 a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes wordnet
- 10 thousand or thousands. colloquial
"Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account."
- 11 A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
- 12 a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes wordnet
- 13 The SI measurement value of 1,000
- 14 Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited. abbreviation, alt-of
- 15 the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites wordnet
- 16 Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking. abbreviation, alt-of
- 17 the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 wordnet
- 18 Abbreviation of king. abbreviation, alt-of
"1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)"
- 19 a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite wordnet
- 20 Abbreviation of carrying capacity. abbreviation, alt-of
- 21 Abbreviation of Cretaceous. abbreviation, alt-of
- 22 Abbreviation of knit. abbreviation, alt-of
"Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1."
- 23 Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug). abbreviation, alt-of, slang
"At high levels of concentration of K in the blood, the observer/operator is cut off from his interlock with e.r., including the human consensus reality."
- 24 Abbreviation of Köchel number. abbreviation, alt-of
"Die Zauberflöte, K. 620"
- 25 Abbreviation of Knighthood. UK, abbreviation, alt-of
- 26 Abbreviation of capital. abbreviation, alt-of
- 27 Abbreviation of black. abbreviation, alt-of
- 28 Abbreviation of Kalashnikov. abbreviation, alt-of, slang
"We used to run from the KKK but now we running from our brothers that be holding them K's."
- 29 Abbreviation of kritik. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units wordnet
- 1 The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
- 2 The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase
"The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name)."
- 3 The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river. letter, lowercase
- 1 The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. lowercase
- 2 The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. uppercase
- 1 OK Internet, colloquial
- 2 OK Internet, colloquial
"K, dad, I'll go to my room."
Example
More examples"We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat."
Etymology
From kilo-.
Clipping of OK.
Abbreviations.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.