sacknoun
uk/sæk/us/sæk/sack noun (BAG)
C1 [ C ] a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something:
[ C ] US a paper or plastic bag used to carry things, especially things bought in a food shop:
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Bags in general
- bag
- bag for life
- bagful
- carrier
- carry on
- doggy bag
- feedbag
- goody bag
- gunnysack
- man bag
- nosebag
- packet
- party bag
- pencil case
- polybag
- pouch
- sachet
- string bag
- trug
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sack noun (JOB)
B2 [ S ] UK a situation in which someone is removed from their job:
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Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- furlough
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- pension
- relieve
- relieve sb of sth
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sacking
- shakeout
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sack noun (ATTACK)
[ S ] an attack on a building or town in which a lot of destruction is caused and many valuable things are stolen:
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Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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sack noun (IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL)
in American football, an attack on the quarterback that prevents him from throwing the ball:
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American football
- American football
- end
- football
- fullback
- gridiron
- huddle
- line of scrimmage
- linebacker
- offence
- pigskin
- punt
- quarter
- quarterback
- rush
- scrimmage
- Super Bowl
- TD
- touchdown
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sack noun (BED)
bed:
If someone is good/bad in the sack, they are sexually skilled/not sexually skilled.
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Beds & parts of beds
- air mattress
- airbed
- bassinet
- bed
- bedpost
- berth
- camp bed
- carrycot
- couch
- couchette
- crib
- divan
- hammock
- headboard
- Li-lo
- mattress
- queen-size
- trundle bed
- twin bed
- waterbed
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sackverb [ T ]
uk/sæk/us/sæk/sack verb [ T ] (JOB)
B2 mainly UK US usually fire to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them:
More examples
- You can be sacked on the spot for stealing.
- They've just sacked half their workforce.
- Her manager was sacked last month.
- I've never been sacked from a job.
- They can't sack you for refusing.
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Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- furlough
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- pension
- relieve
- relieve sb of sth
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sacking
- shakeout
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sack verb [ T ] (IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL)
in American football, to attack the quarterback in order to prevent him from throwing the ball:
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American football
- American football
- end
- football
- fullback
- gridiron
- huddle
- line of scrimmage
- linebacker
- offence
- pigskin
- punt
- quarter
- quarterback
- rush
- scrimmage
- Super Bowl
- TD
- touchdown
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sack verb [ T ] (ATTACK)
to attack a building or town, causing a lot of destruction and stealing many valuable things:
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Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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