sack

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

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.

Phrasal Verb:

sack out Slang

To sleep.

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[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.

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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.

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[Probably from French (mettre à) sac, (to put in) a sack, from Old French sac, sack, from Latin saccus, sack, bag; see sack¹.]

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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.

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[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

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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

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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.

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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

Imperative

sack

sack

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sack

The tackle of a quarterback before he can pass the ball.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sack - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases carrier bag, paper bag, poke bag - 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" sac, pocket, pouch enclosed space, cavity - space that is surrounded by something
	3.	sack - the quantity contained in a sack sackful 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 jacket sacque jacket - a short coat
	6.	sack - a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily hammock 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 chemise, shift dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
	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) dismission, sacking, liberation, firing, dismissal, release, discharge superannuation - the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" conge, congee - an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal 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" plunder 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" net, sack up, clear earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" net, clear - yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
	4.	sack - put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions" encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" net, sack up, sack, clear - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"

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sack

¹

noun

1. bag, pocket, poke (Scot.), sac, pouch, receptacle A sack of potatoes.

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.

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sack

²

verb

1. plunder, loot, pillage, destroy, strip, rob, raid, ruin, devastate, spoil, rifle, demolish, ravage, lay waste, despoil, maraud, depredate (rare) Imperial troops sacked the French ambassador's residence in Rome.

noun

1. plundering, looting, pillage, waste, rape, ruin, destruction, ravage, plunder, devastation, depredation, despoliation, rapine the sack of Troy

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sack ¹

noun

Slang. The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment:

discharge, dismissal, termination.

Informal: ax.

Slang: boot, bounce.

verb

Slang. To end the employment or service of:

cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate.

Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip.

Slang: boot, bounce, can.

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.

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sack ²

verb

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:

depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, spoliate, strip.

Archaic: harrow, spoil.

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Translations

sak

جُوَالِقصَرْفكيسكيس كَبيريَصْرِفُ مِنَ الـخِدْمَة

чувал

pytelvyhazovvyhoditvyhodit z práce

fyresækfyring

SackentlassenEntlassungrausschmeißen

απόλυσηδιώχνωλεηλατώσακί

sacodespedirdespidoechar del trabajosaquear

antaa potkutsäkkipotkutryöstääryöstö

sacsaccagervirerrenvoyerbac

otkazotpustitivreća

zsák

pokireka úr starfi

saccolicenziarelicenziamentobuttare fuoriessere licenziato

大袋解雇首にする

부대부대에 담다해고

atlaist no darbamaiss

zakontslaanontslag

gi sparkenoppsigelseplyndresekk

worekzwolnićzwolnienie

sacodemissãodemitirdespedidosaca

мешокувольнениеувольнять

vrece

vrečavrečivreči iz službe

säcksparkenavskeda

ไล่ออกกระสอบปลดออกจากงาน

çuvalişten atmaişten atmakişten çıkarmak/atmaktorba

bao tảisa thảisự sa thải

解雇麻袋开除硬纸袋

sack

¹ [sæk]

A. N

1. (= bag)

1.1. (Brit) (for coal, grain) → saco m
a sack of potatoes → un saco de patatas
to look like a sack of potatoes → parecer un saco de patatas

1.2. (US) (for shopping) → bolsa f de papel

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

3. (esp US) (= bed) the sack → la cama, el sobre
to hit the sack → echarse a dormir

B. VT

1. (= put into sacks) → ensacar, meter en sacos

2. (= dismiss) → despedir
he was sacked → lo despidieron
to be sacked for doing sth → ser despedido por hacer algo

C. CPD sack dress N → vestido m tipo saco
sack race N → carrera f de sacos

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sack

² [sæk] (liter)

A. N (= plundering) → saqueo m

B. VT (= lay waste) → saquear

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sack

[ˈsæk]

n

(= bag) → sac m
a sack of potatoes → un sac de pommes de terre

to give sb the sack → renvoyer qn, mettre qn à la porte
to get the sack → être renvoyé(e), être mis(e) à la porte

vt

(= dismiss) → renvoyer, mettre à la porte
He was sacked → On l'a mis à la porte.

(= plunder) → piller, mettre à sac

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sack

:

sack race

n (as contest) → Sackhüpfen nt

sack racing

n → Sackhüpfen nt

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sack

¹

n

→ 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)

(inf: = bed) to hit the sack → sich in die Falle or Klappe hauen (sl)

vt

(= put in sacks) → einsacken

(inf: = dismiss) → rausschmeißen (inf), → entlassen

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sack

²

n (= pillage) → Plünderung f

vt → plündern

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sack

³

n (old) → Sherry m

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sack

¹ [sæk]

1. n

a. (bag) → sacco
coal sack → sacco per il carbone
sack of coal → sacco di carbone

b. (fam) to get the sack → essere licenziato/a
to give sb the sack → licenziare qn

c. (esp Am) (fam) (bed) → letto

2. vt (fam) (dismiss) → licenziare

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sack

² [sæk]

1. n (plundering) → saccheggio
the sack of Rome → il sacco di Roma

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. sak كيس كَبير чувал sacola pytel der Sack sæk σάκος, τσουβάλιsaco (suur) kott كيسه säkki sacשק बोरा, बोरी vreća, kesa zsák karung poki sacco 大袋 부대 maišas maiss pundi; kantung zaksekk; poseworek بوجی saco sac мешок vrece vreča vreća säck กระสอบ çuval, torba 寬口大粗布袋，硬紙袋或塑膠袋 мішок, лантух بوری bao tải 麻袋，硬纸袋

ˈsacking noun

a type of coarse cloth for making sacks. goiing قِماش خَشِن للأكياس зебло aniagem pytlovina das Sackleinen sækkelærred λινάτσα arpillera kotiriie گوني säkkikangas toile à sacs אֲרִיג שָׂקִים टाट tkanina za vreće zsákvászon bahan karung (poka)strigi (tela da sacchi) 粗製麻布 약탈 maišinis audeklas maisaudekls kain guni jute sekkestrie/-lerret materiał na worki بوجی serapilheira pânză de sac мешковина vrecovina vrečevina kostret säckväv ผ้ากระสอบ çuval bezi, çul 麻袋布 мішковина; ряднина ٹاٹ vải lanh, vải gai 麻袋布

ˈsackcloth noun

a type of coarse cloth formerly worn as a sign of mourning or of sorrow for sin. sakklere خَيْش кеневир aniagem pytlovina das Sackleinen sæk og aske είδος χοντρού ενδύματος που φοριόταν σε ένδειξη πένθους ή μετάνοιας arpillera leinarõivas, patukahetsusrõivas ماتم گرفته säkkikangas sac אֲרִיג שָׂקִים टाट pokajnička kostrijet zsákvászon kain karung klæði úr hrjúfu efni sacco 粗製麻布 참회복 pašukinis (audeklas) maisaudekls kain guni jutesekkelerret worek pokutny ماتم نیول serapilheira pânză de sac власяница vrecovina raševina juta säckduk, -väv เครื่องนุ่งห่มเพื่อล้างบาป matem/tövbe giysisi 喪服 волосяниця ٹاٹ کا ماتمی لباس quần áo tang 丧服

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sack²

(sӕk) verb

to dismiss (a person) from his job. One of the workmen was sacked for drunkenness. afdank يَصْرِف منَ الخِدْمَه уволнявам despedir vyhodit (z práce) rausschmeißen fyre απολύωdespedir, echar vallandama اخراج كردن antaa potkut congédier פִּיטוּרִין निकाल देना otkaz, otpust iz službe kirúg (állásából) memecat reka úr starfi licenziare くびにする 해고하다 išmesti iš darbo atlaist no darba buang kerja ontslaangi sparken, kvitte seg med wyrzucić z pracy رخصتول despedir a concedia увольнять prepustiť zo zamestnania vreči iz službe otpustiti ge sparken ไล่ออกจากงาน işten çıkarmak/atmak 解僱 звільнити з роботи معزول کرنا sa thải, cách chức 解雇

get the sack

to be sacked. I'll get the sack if I arrive at the office late! afgedank word يَصْرِف مِنَ الخِدْمَه уволняват ме ser despedido dostat vyhazov fliegen blive fyret απολύομαι ser despedido, ser puesto de patitas en la calle lahti saama اخراج كردن؛عذر كسي را خواستن saada potkut être mis à la porte לִהיוֹת מְפוּטַר निकाल दिया जाना dobiti otkaz kirúgják dipecat vera rekinn essere licenziato くびになる 해고 당하다 būti atleistam iš darbo tikt atlaistam no darba dibuang kerja ontslagen worden få sparken być wylanym z pracy رخصتول ser despedido a fi concediat быть уволенным dostať výpoveď, vyletieť zo zamestnania biti odpuščen dobiti otkaz få sparken ถูกไล่ออกจากงาน işten kovulmak/atılmak 被解僱 бути звільненим з роботи معزول ھوجانا bị sa thải 被解雇

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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

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