sack in English

noun

1

a large bag made of a strong material such as burlap, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.

Each one, after scrutiny, found something of value to add to his sack : paper, plastic bags, bits of cardboard.

synonyms: bag, pouch, pack, satchel, knapsack, backpack, rucksack, packsack, day pack, bookbag, tote bag

2

a loose, unfitted, or shapeless garment, in particular.

The plain green dress was a good few sizes too big for her and hung off her petite frame like a big shapeless sack .

3

bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex.

Oh, and I bet you I am SO much better in the sack than her.

synonyms: bed

4

dismissal from employment.

he got the sack for swearing

synonyms: a dismissal, a discharge, the boot, the ax, the heave-ho, one's marching orders, a pink slip

5

a base.

If they finish the year first in pilfered sacks , it would be the first time since 1938 that the Bronx Bombers led in this category.

6

an act of tackling a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a pass.

Last year, Babin recorded 15 sacks and 33 tackles behind the line of scrimmage.

7

the pillaging of a town or city.

The statue must have been damaged during the sack of the city by the Franks in 355 AD.

8

a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canary Islands.

In the Middle Ages many Alsace wines were fortified or spiced in order to compete with the fuller bodied Mediterranean wines such as sack and malmsey.

verb

1

dismiss from employment.

any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot

synonyms: dismiss, discharge, lay off, let go, terminate, get rid of, cashier, make redundant, fire, give the sack, give someone their marching orders, give someone the boot, show someone the door, send packing, pink-slip

2

go to sleep or bed.

After getting hardly any sleep the night before, he had been dying to crawl into bed and sack out , but no matter how tired he was, sleep eluded him.

3

tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a pass.

Next down, he charged around the left tackle and sacked the quarterback for a safety.

4

put into a sack or sacks.

Packing sheds were constructed for growers to sort and sack the potatoes for shipment.

5

(chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town, building, or other place).

Then, an army of warriors and men dressed in black cowls came from the direction of Plunder castle and sacked the town.

synonyms: ravage, lay waste, devastate, raid, ransack, strip, plunder, despoil, pillage, loot, rob

noun

bag, pouch, pack, satchel, knapsack, backpack, rucksack, packsack, day pack, bookbag, tote bag
a dismissal, a discharge, the boot, the ax, the heave-ho, one's marching orders, a pink slip
bed
hammock
sacking, liberation, discharge, dismission, release, dismissal, firing
shift, chemise
sacque
paper bag, poke, carrier bag
pouch, pocket, sac
sackful

verb

dismiss, ravage, give notice, clear, plunder
dismiss, discharge, lay off, let go, terminate, get rid of, cashier, make redundant, fire, give the sack, give someone their marching orders, give someone the boot, show someone the door, send packing, pink-slip
ravage, lay waste, devastate, raid, ransack, strip, plunder, despoil, pillage, loot, rob
give notice, displace, fire, can, give the sack, give the axe, send away, dismiss, force out, terminate
clear, net
plunder

Use "sack" in a sentence

1. What's a shit-sack?

2. Yolk sack still feeding baby.

3. [ Yolk sack still feeding baby. ]

4. Where's that sack of shit, Fogell?

5. I'm going to hit the sack.

6. 9 Si rat, bite calico sack.

7. It's the sack for you!

8. I have to sack u.

9. You see that rice sack?

10. He got the sack for stealing.

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13. Can't wait to hit the sack.

14. He caught them in the sack together.

15. He thought you meant to sack Rome.

16. I'm tired, Let's hit the sack.

17. I'm ready to hit the sack.

18. Bag (n.) "small sack," c

19. The invaders put all to the sack.

20. It's late - I'm going to sack out.

21. We need about a sack of rice.

22. Two teachers get the sack over sex.

23. They got through a sack of potatoes.

24. Two nuts in a ball sack, yo.

25. She's in a sack in the airing cupboard.

26. I'm going to hit the sack, I'm exhausted.

27. It's one o'clock - time to hit the sack.

28. If you're late again, you'll get the sack.

29. The poor old sod got the sack yesterday.

30. Sack feeding device with adaptive knife block

31. Where are you going to sack out?

32. He got the sack for petty thieving.

33. Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 

34. Now, just lift this sack above your head.

35. The chicken pecked a hole in the sack.

36. 1 An empty sack cannot stand upright. 

37. The hen pecked a hole in the sack.

38. 1 Where are you going to sack out?

39. He pre-empted any decision to sack him.

40. They couldn't sack me - I'd done nothing wrong.

41. Sack: A large bag usually made of jute.

42. She claimed she'd been threatened with the sack.

43. The sack split and the rice poured out.

44. Bind the sack before it is full. 

45. 2 It's late - I'm going to sack out.

46. Hundreds of postal workers are facing the sack.

47. Beevish Software section perhaps? Weak in what sack

48. We've still got the sack from San Carlos.

49. The French did not sack the Louvre in 1944 .

50. 1 Bind the sack before it be full.