Definition of "Acme"

Acme

/ˈækmi/

proper noun
1. (fiction) A generic or monopoly company.
  Quotations
  Henry knew better than to alienate one of the Acme secretaries.
  1968 July, Stan Dryer, “The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge”, in Playboy Magazine, page 152
  [ Netanyahu ] showed everybody how close Iran was to getting nuclear weapons by having this spherical cartoon bomb with a wick coming up like Acme style. I was watching this thing thinking, are we worried about Ahmadinejad or are we worried about Inspector Clouseau?
  2012 September 29, Adam Felber, “Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio
2. A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
  2. An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
  4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  5. An unincorporated community in Columbus County, North Carolina.
  6. A township in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
  7. An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County and Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  8. A ghost town in Oklahoma.
  9. A ghost town in Texas.
  10. A census-designated place in Washington.
  11. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
noun
uncountable
1. A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.