- nounsack (noun) · sacks (plural noun) · sack dress (noun) · sack dresses (plural noun) · the sack (noun)
- a large bag made of a strong material such as burlap, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.
- the contents of a sack or the amount it can contain:"a sack of flour"
- a woman's short loose unwaisted dress, typically narrowing at the hem, popular especially in the 1950s.
- historicala woman's long loose gown.
- a decorative piece of dress material fastened to the shoulders of a woman's gown in loose pleats and forming a long train, fashionable in the 18th century.
- informal(the sack)dismissal from employment:"he got the sack for swearing" · "they were given the sack"
- informal(the sack)bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex:"he stars as a man dumped by his partner for being a bit dull in the sack"
- baseballinformala base.
- american footballan act of tackling a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a pass.
verbsack (verb) · sacks (third person present) · sacked (past tense) · sacked (past participle) · sacking (present participle)- informaldismiss from employment:"any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot"
- american footballtackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before they can throw a pass:"Oregon intercepted five of his passes and sacked him five times"
- rareput into a sack or sacks:"a small part of his wheat had been sacked"
OriginOld English sacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th century.verbsack (verb) · sacks (third person present) · sacked (past tense) · sacked (past participle) · sacking (present participle)- (chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town, building, or other place):"the fort was rebuilt in AD 158 and was sacked again in AD 197"
nounsack (noun) · sacks (plural noun)- the pillaging of a town or city:"the sack of Rome"
Originmid 16th century: from French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac ‘put to sack’, on the model of Italian fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder.nounhistoricalsack (noun)- a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canary Islands:"the Poet Laureate traditionally gets a ‘butt of sack’, equivalent to roughly 600 bottles of sherry"
Originearly 16th century: from the phrase wyne seck, from French vin sec ‘dry wine’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a large bag made of a strong material such as burlap, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.
- dismissal from employment:
- bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex:
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- The term "sack" has two main meanings:12
- A paper or plastic bag used to carry things, especially items bought in a food shop.
- A large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying items such as flour, coal, etc.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.a paper or plastic bag used to carry things, especially things bought in a food shop: a sack of groceriesdictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sacksack noun /sæk/ /sæk/ Idioms [countable] a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying, for example flour, coal, etc.www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/engli… Sack Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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