sack 1 (s k)n. 1. a. A large bag of strong coarse material for holding objects in bulk. b. A similar container of paper or plastic. c. The amount that such a container can hold. 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. 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. 2. Slang To discharge from employment. 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  qq in Semitic roots.]Word History: The ordinary word sack carries within it a few thousand years of commercial history. Sack, which probably goes back to Middle Eastern antiquity, has a long history because it and its ancestors denoted an object used in trade between various peoples. Thus the Greeks got their word sakkos, "a bag made out of coarse cloth or hair," from the Phoenicians with whom they traded. We do not know the Phoenician word, but we know words that are akin to it, such as Hebrew aq and Akkadian saqqu. The Greeks then passed the sack, as it were, to the Latin-speaking Romans, who transmitted their word saccus, "a large bag or sack," to the Germanic tribes with whom they traded, who gave it the form *sakkiz (other peoples have also taken this word from Greek or Latin, including speakers of Welsh, Russian, Polish, and Albanian). The speakers of Old English, a Germanic language, used two forms of the word, sæc, from *sakkiz, and sacc, directly from Latin; the second Old English form is the ancestor of our sack. |
| sack 2 (sk) tr.v. sacked, sack·ing, sacks To rob of goods or valuables, especially after capture. n. 1. The looting or pillaging of a captured city or town. 2. Plunder; loot. [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 (sk) n. Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 16th and 17th centuries. [From French (vin) sec, dry (wine), from Old French, from Latin siccus, dry.] |
sack 1
Noun
1. a large bag made of coarse cloth or thick paper and used for carrying or storing goods
2. the amount contained in a sack
3. the sack Informal dismissal from employment
4. Slang bed
5. hit the sack Slang to go to bed
Verb
Informal to dismiss from employment [Greek sakkos]
sacklike adj
sack 2
Noun
the plundering of a captured town or city by an army or mob
Verb
to plunder and partially destroy (a town or city) [French mettre à sac to put (loot) in a sack]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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" |
sack 1
verb 2. (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, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang) hit the sack (Slang) go to bed, retire, turn in (informal) bed down, hit the hay (slang) >> the sack (Informal) 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)
sack 2
verb 1. plunder, loot, pillage, destroy, strip, rob, raid, ruin, devastate, spoil, rifle, demolish, ravage, lay waste, despoil, maraud, depredate (rare)
noun 2. plundering, looting, pillage, waste, rape, ruin, destruction, ravage, plunder, devastation, depredation, despoliation, rapine
Translations
sack [sæk] n → Sack m
vt (dismiss) → entlassen;
(plunder) → plündern;
to get the sack → rausfliegen (inf);
to give sb the sack → jdn rausschmeißen (inf)
n sack [sӕk]
a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic The potatoes were put into sacks. sak كيس كَبير чувал pytel sæk der Sack σάκος, τσουβάλι saco (suur) kott كيسه säkki sac שָׂק बोरा, बोरी vreća, kesa zsák karung poki sacco 大袋 큰 부대, 자루 maišas maiss pundi; kantung zak sekk; pose worek saco sac мешок vrece vreča vreća säck กระสอบ çuval, torba 麻袋，硬紙袋 мішок, лантух بوری bao tải 麻袋，硬纸袋
n sacking
a type of coarse cloth for making sacks. goiing قِماش خَشِن للأكياس зебло pytlovina sækkelærred das Sackleinen 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 부대를 만드는 천 maišinis audeklas maisaudekls kain guni jute sekkestrie/-lerret materiał na worki 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
n sackcloth
a type of coarse cloth formerly worn as a sign of mourning or of sorrow for sin. sakklere خَيْش кеневир pytlovina sæk og aske das Sackleinen είδος χοντρού ενδύματος που φοριόταν σε ένδειξη πένθους ή μετάνοιας arpillera leinarõivas, patukahetsusrõivas ماتم گرفته säkki sac אֲרִיג שָׂקִים टाट pokajnička kostrijet zsákvászon kain karung klæði úr hrjúfu efni sacco 粗製麻布 죄를 뉘우치는 표시로 입던 거친 옷, 참회복, 상복 pašukinis (audeklas) maisaudekls kain guni jute sekkelerret worek pokutny 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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