sack

sack: sack¹

noun

1》 a large bag made of a material such as hessian or thick paper, used for storing and carrying goods.

↘(also sack dress) a woman's short, loose dress without a waistline, popular especially in the 1950s.

2》 (the sack) informal dismissal from employment.

3》 (the sack) informal, chiefly N. Amer. bed.

4》 Baseball, informal a base.

5》 American Football a tackle of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.

verb

1》 informal dismiss from employment.

2》 (sack out) N. Amer. informal go to sleep or bed.

3》 American Football tackle with a sack.

4》 put into a sack or sacks.

Phrases

hit the sack informal go to bed.

Derivatives

sackable adjective

sackful noun (plural sackfuls).

Origin

OE sacc, from L. saccus 'sack, sackcloth', from Gk sakkos, of Semitic origin.

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sack²

verb plunder and destroy (used chiefly in historical contexts).

noun an instance of sacking.

Origin

C16: from Fr. sac, in the phr. mettre à sac 'put to sack', on the model of Ital. fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perh. orig. referred to filling a sack with plunder.

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sack³

noun historical a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries.

Origin

C16: from the phr. wyne seck, from Fr. vin sec 'dry wine'.

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Synonyms:

Bag, pouch / Spoliation, destruction, desolation, devastation, havoc, waste, ravage, sackage, despoilment / Booty, spoil, plunder / Sherry, sherry wine, Ravage, despoil, devastate, spoil, plunder, pillage, take by storm

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Sack — Sack … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Sack — Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack — Sack: Das altgerm. Substantiv mhd., ahd. sac, got. sakkus (»Trauer , Bußgewand aus grobem Stoff«), niederl. zak, aengl. sacc > engl. sack (daneben aengl. sæcc, das die nord. Sippe von entsprechend schwed. säck lieferte) beruht auf einer sehr… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
sack — Ⅰ. sack [1] ► NOUN 1) a large bag made of a material such as hessian or thick paper, used for storing and carrying goods. 2) (the sack) informal dismissal from employment. 3) (the sack) informal bed. ► VERB informal … English terms dictionary
Sack AS-6 — V1 Beschreibung Status Versuchsflugzeug Besatzung 1 Abmessungen Länge 6.4 m Spannweite 5.0 m Höhe 2.56 m Tragfläche 19.62 m² Gewich … Deutsch Wikipedia
SACK — ist eine Abkürzung für Selective Acknowledgment. TCP SACK ist eine Erweiterung des TCP Protokolls, die für bessere Performance bei Paketverlusten sorgt. SACK ermöglicht, dass bei Paketverlusten nicht der gesamte Inhalt des TCP Windows, sondern… … Deutsch Wikipedia
sack — sack1 [sak] n. [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] 1. a) a bag, esp. a large one of coarse… … English World dictionary
Sack — (s[a^]k), n. [OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It. secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr. ischno s, Skr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp. Cf. {Desiccate}.] A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. Sherris sack.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack — Sack, v. t. 1. To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. [1913 Webster] Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson. L. Wallace. [1913 Webster] 2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack — Sack, n. [F. sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, fr. L. saccus. See {Sack} a bag.] The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. [1913 Webster] The town was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sack — Sm std. (8. Jh.), mhd. sac m./n., ahd. sac, as. sakk Entlehnung. Wie gt. sakkus, ae. sacc früh entlehnt aus l. saccus, das über gr. sákkos auf assyr. šak̇k̇u Sack, Büßergewand zurückgeht. Auf eine Nebenform mit j führen anord. sekkr, ae. sæcc.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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