Sack Definition

săk
sacked, sacks
noun
sacks
A bag, esp. a large one of coarse cloth, for holding grain, foodstuffs, etc.
Webster's New World
Such a bag with its contents.
Webster's New World
The amount that a sack can hold.
Sold two sacks of rice.
American Heritage
The quantity contained in such a bag: a measure of weight of varying amounts.
Webster's New World
A short, loosefitting jacket worn by women.
Webster's New World
verb
sacked, sacks
To put into a sack or sacks.
Webster's New World
To dismiss (a person) from a job; discharge.
Webster's New World
To tackle (a passer who is attempting a forward pass)
Webster's New World
To rob (a town, for example) of goods or valuables, especially after capture.
American Heritage
To plunder or loot (a captured city, etc.)
Webster's New World
idiom
sack in
Webster's New World
hit the sack
  • to go to bed
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sack

Noun

Singular:
sack
Plural:
sacks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sack

Origin of Sack

  • From Middle English sak (“bag, sackcloth"), from Old English sacc (“sack, bag") and Old English sæcc (“sackcloth, sacking"); both from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack"), from Latin saccus (“large bag"), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth"), from Phoenician, Ancient Egyptian 𓆷𓈎𓄜 (sAq, “sack"). Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק (Å›aq), Akkadian ð’†­ð’Š“ (saqqu).

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from French (mettre à) sac (to put in) a sack from Old French sac sack from Latin saccus sack, bag sack1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old English sacc from Latin saccus from Greek sakkos of Semitic origin śqq in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From earlier (wyne) seck, from Middle French (vin) sec (“dry (wine)"), from Latin siccus (“dry")

    From Wiktionary

  • From French (vin) sec dry (wine) from Old French from Latin siccus dry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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