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sack 1
(săk)n.
1.
a. A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.
b. The amount that a sack can hold: sold two sacks of rice.
2. also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.
3. Slang Dismissal from employment: finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.
4. Informal A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag: hit the sack at 10:00.
5. Baseball A base.
6. Football A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.
tr.v. sacked, sack·ing, sacks
Phrasal Verb: 1. To place into a sack: sacked the groceries.
2. Slang To discharge from employment: sacked the workers who were caught embezzling. See Synonyms at dismiss.
3. Football To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.
sack out Slang
To sleep.
[Middle English, from Old English sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin; see śqq in Semitic roots.]
Word History: The ordinary word sack carries within it a few thousand years of commercial history. The Greeks got their word sakkos, "a bag made out of coarse cloth or hair," from the Phoenicians with whom they traded. The Phoenician word does not happen to be attested in any Phoenician writings that survive from antiquity, but words related to it can be found in the other Semitic languages, such as Hebrew śaq and Akkadian saqqu. The Greeks then passed the sack, as it were, to the Romans as Latin saccus, "a large bag or sack." The Latin word was then transmitted to the Germanic tribes with whom the Romans traded, and they gave it the form *sakkiz. (Similarly, many other languages of Europe, including Irish, Welsh, Albanian, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, and Russian, also have words derived from Greek sakkos or Latin saccus.) The speakers of Old English used two forms of the word, sæcc, meaning "sackcloth" and descending from Germanic *sakkiz, as well as sacc, meaning "a sack, a bag" and borrowed directly from Latin. The second Old English form is the ancestor of our sack.
sack 2
(săk)tr.v. sacked, sack·ing, sacks
To rob (a town, for example) of goods or valuables, especially after capture.
n.
The looting or pillaging of a captured city or town.
[Probably from French (mettre à) sac, (to put in) a sack, from Old French sac, sack, from Latin saccus, sack, bag; see sack1.]
sack 3
(săk)n.
Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 1500s and 1600s.
[From French (vin) sec, dry (wine), from Old French, from Latin siccus, dry.]
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sack
(sæk)n
1. a large bag made of coarse cloth, thick paper, etc, used as a container
2. Also called: sackful the amount contained in a sack, sometimes used as a unit of measurement
3. (Clothing & Fashion)
a. a woman's loose tube-shaped dress
b. Also called: sacque a woman's full loose hip-length jacket, worn in the 18th and mid-20th centuries
4. short for rucksack
5. (Cricket) cricket Austral a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): bye
6. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the sack informal dismissal from employment
7. a slang word for bed
8. hit the sack slang to go to bed
9. rough as sacks NZ uncouth
vb (tr)
10. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal to dismiss from employment
11. to put into a sack or sacks
[Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag, from Greek sakkos; related to Hebrew saq]
ˈsackˌlike adj
sack
(sæk)n
1. the plundering of a place by an army or mob, usually involving destruction, slaughter, etc
2. (Soccer) American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball
3. (Rugby) American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball
vb
4. (tr) to plunder and partially destroy (a place)
5. (American Football) American football to tackle and bring down a quarterback before he has passed the ball
[C16: from French phrase mettre à sac, literally: to put (loot) in a sack, from Latin saccus sack1]
ˈsacker n
sack
(sæk)n
(Brewing) archaic or trademark any dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from SW Europe
[C16 wyne seck, from French vin sec dry wine, from Latin siccus dry]
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sack1
(sæk)n.
1. a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
2. the amount a sack holds.
3. a bag: a sack of candy.
4. Slang. dismissal, as from a job: to get the sack.
5. Slang. bed.
6. Also, sacque.
a. a loose-fitting dress, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th–18th century.
b. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
c. sack dress.
7. Baseball. a base.
v.t. 8. to put into a sack or sacks.
9. Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
10. Slang. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
11. sack out, Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.
[before 1000; Middle English sak (n.), sakken (v.), Old English sacc (n.) < Latin saccus bag, sackcloth < Greek sákkos < Semitic; compare Hebrew śaq, Akkadian šaqqu]
sack′er, n.
sack2
(sæk)v.t.
1. to pillage or loot (a place) after capture; plunder.
n. 2. the plundering of a captured place: the sack of Troy.
[1540–50; < Middle French phrase mettre à sac to put to pillage; sac in this sense < Italian sacco looting, loot]
sack′er, n.
sack3
(sæk)n.
a strong white wine formerly imported by England from Spain and the Canary Islands.
[1525–35; < French (vin) sec dry (wine) < Latin siccus dry; compare sec]
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sack
- sachet - Etymologically, a "little sack"—a small packet of perfumed matter.
- cul-de-sac - Literally French for "bottom of a sack," it also means "situation from which there is no escape"; it can be pluralized as cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac.
- gunny - From Sanskrit goni, "sack," it is the material used for sacks, made from jute or sunn-hemp.
- haversack, knapsack, rucksack - Haversack is from German Haber, "oats," and Sack, "bag, sack"; knapsack is from German knapper, "to bite (food)" and zak, "sack"; rucksack comes from German Rucken, "back," and sack.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
sack
A sack is a large container made of rough woven material. Sacks are used to carry and store things such as potatoes and coal.
1. 'bag' and 'sack'
In British English, you do not use sack to refer to a small container made of paper, or to a container with handles for putting shopping or personal possessions in. Containers like these are called bags.
See bag
In American English, sack can be used to describe a small container made of paper.
The woman gave Kelly the total and put all her purchases in a paper sack.
2. 'pocket'
You also do not use sack to refer to the parts of your clothes in which you carry money and other small articles. These parts are called pockets.
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sack
Past participle: sacked
Gerund: sacking
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sack
The tackle of a quarterback before he can pass the ball.
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| Noun | 1. |  sack - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchasesbag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" doggie bag, doggy bag - a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog grocery bag - a sack for holding customer's groceries |
| 2. |  sack - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"enclosed space, cavity - space that is surrounded by something | |
| 3. | sack - the quantity contained in a sack containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| 4. | sack - any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) white wine - pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation | |
| 5. |  sack - a woman's full loose hiplength jacketjacket - a short coat | |
| 6. | sack - a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" | |
| 7. | sack - a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | |
| 8. | sack - the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome" pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" | |
| 9. | sack - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) superannuation - the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) removal - dismissal from office deactivation, inactivation - breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) honorable discharge - a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record dishonorable discharge - a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) Section Eight - a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable | |
| Verb | 1. | sack - plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| 2. | sack - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" give notice, give the axe, give the sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal" pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" remove - remove from a position or an office send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" | |
| 3. | sack - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" | |
| 4. | sack - put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions" |
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sack
1noun
2. dismissal, discharge, the boot (slang), the axe (informal), the chop (Brit. slang), the push (slang), the (old) heave-ho (informal), termination of employment, the order of the boot (slang) People who make mistakes can be given the sack the same day.
verb
1. (Informal) dismiss, fire (informal), axe (informal), discharge, kick out (informal), give (someone) the boot (slang), give (someone) his marching orders, kiss off (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), give (someone) the push (informal), give (someone) the bullet (Brit. slang), give (someone) his books (informal), give (someone) the elbow, give (someone) his cards, give someone his or her P45 (informal) He was sacked for slapping a schoolboy.
hit the sack (Slang) go to bed, retire, turn in (informal), bed down, hit the hay (slang) I hit the sack early.
sack
2verb
noun
1. plundering, looting, pillage, waste, rape, ruin, destruction, ravage, plunder, devastation, depredation, despoliation, rapine the sack of Troy
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
sack 1
nounverb
Slang. To end the employment or service of:
Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door.
sack 2
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Translations
sak
чувал
pytelvyhazovvyhoditvyhodit z práce
fyresækfyring
antaa potkutsäkkipotkutryöstääryöstö
otkazotpustitivreća
zsák
pokireka úr starfi
大袋解雇首にする
부대부대에 담다해고
atlaist no darbamaiss
vrece
vrečavrečivreči iz službe
säcksparkenavskeda
ไล่ออกกระสอบปลดออกจากงาน
bao tảisa thảisự sa thải
sack
1 [sæk]A. N
1. (= bag)
2. (from job) to get the sack → ser despedido
he got the sack → lo despidieron
to give sb the sack → despedir or echar a algn
he got the sack → lo despidieron
to give sb the sack → despedir or echar a algn
B. VT
2. (= dismiss) → despedir
he was sacked → lo despidieron
to be sacked for doing sth → ser despedido por hacer algo
he was sacked → lo despidieron
to be sacked for doing sth → ser despedido por hacer algo
sack
2 [sæk] (liter)A. N (= plundering) → saqueo m
B. VT (= lay waste) → saquear
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sack
[ˈsæk] n
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sack
:sack race
n (as contest) → Sackhüpfen nt
sack racing
n → Sackhüpfen nt
sack
1n
→ Sack m; 2 sacks of coal → 2 Säcke or Sack Kohlen; to buy something by the sack → etw sackweise or in Säcken kaufen; like a sack of potatoes (fig) → wie ein Mehlsack
(inf: = dismissal) → Entlassung f, → Rausschmiss m (inf); to get the sack → rausgeschmissen werden (inf), → rausfliegen (inf); to give somebody the sack → jdn rausschmeißen (inf); it’s the sack for him → er wird rausgeschmissen (inf), → er fliegt raus (inf)
vt
(= put in sacks) → einsacken
sack
2n (= pillage) → Plünderung f
vt → plündern
sack
3n (old) → Sherry m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sack
1 [sæk]1. n
c. (esp Am) (fam) (bed) → letto
2. vt (fam) (dismiss) → licenziare
sack
2 [sæk]2. vt (plunder) → saccheggiare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sack1
(sӕk) noun a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic. The potatoes were put into sacks.
ˈsacking noun a type of coarse cloth for making sacks.
ˈsackcloth noun a type of coarse cloth formerly worn as a sign of mourning or of sorrow for sin.
sack2
(sӕk) verb to dismiss (a person) from his job. One of the workmen was sacked for drunkenness.
get the sack to be sacked. I'll get the sack if I arrive at the office late!
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
sack
→ جُوَالِق, صَرْف, يَصْرِفُ مِنَ الـخِدْمَة pytel, vyhazov, vyhodit z práce fyre, fyring, sæk entlassen, Entlassung, Sack απόλυση, διώχνω, σακί despido, echar del trabajo, saco antaa potkut, potkut, säkki renvoi, renvoyer, sac otkaz, otpustiti, vreća licenziamento, licenziare, sacco 大袋, 解雇, 首にする 부대, 부대에 담다, 해고 ontslaan, ontslag, zak gi sparken, oppsigelse, sekk worek, zwolnić, zwolnienie demissão, demitir, saco мешок, увольнение, увольнять avskeda, säck, sparken ไล่ออก, กระสอบ, ปลดออกจากงาน çuval, işten atma, işten atmak bao tải, sa thải, sự sa thải 开除, 解雇, 麻袋Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009