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sack1 definition

sack (sak)

noun

    1. a bag, esp. a large one of coarse cloth, for holding grain, foodstuffs, etc.
    2. such a bag with its contents
  2. the quantity contained in such a bag: a measure of weight of varying amounts
    1. a short, loosefitting jacket worn by women
    2. shift ()
  4. Slang dismissal from a job; discharge: with the
  5. ☆ Slang a bed, bunk, etc.
  6. ☆ Baseball base ()
  7. ☆ Football the act of sacking a quarterback

Etymology: ME sak < OE sacc, akin to OHG sac, Goth sakkus < early Gmc borrowing < L saccus, bag, in LL(Ec), sackcloth garment < Gr sakkos < Sem: cf. Heb sak, Akkadian shaqqu, sackcloth

transitive verb

  1. to put into a sack or sacks
  2. Slang to dismiss (a person) from a job; discharge
  3. ☆ Football to tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage
sack Idioms

sack in

☆ Slang
  1. hit the sack
  2. to stay in bed longer than usual

hit the sack

☆
Slang to go to bed
also sack out
sack2 definition

sack (sak)

noun

the plundering or looting, esp. by soldiers, of a captured city or town

Etymology: MFr sac < It sacco, plunder, lit., bag < L saccus: see sack

transitive verb

to plunder or loot (a captured city, etc.)
sack3 definition

sack (sak)

noun

any of various dry white wines from Spain or the Canary Islands, popular in England during the 16th and 17th cent.

Etymology: earlier (wyne)seck < Fr (vin)sec, dry (wine) < L siccus, dry (see siccative); sp. infl. by ? Sp (vino de) saca, (wine for) export < sacar, to remove

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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