English Explanatory Dictionary

A-okay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of A-okay.

Pronunciation

/ˌeɪ.əʊˈkeɪ/ /ˌeɪ.oʊˈkeɪ/

Word forms

A-okay more A-okay most A-okay AOK A-OK

Etymology

First attested in 1952 in the US, popularized in the 1960s by John A. Powers as NASA's public affairs officer for Project Mercury: the "voice of Mercury Control". Intensive form of okay, presumably "all [systems] okay".

Synonyms

okay
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