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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sack•ful (sak′fŏŏl),USA pronunciation n., pl. -fuls. - Pronounsthe amount a sack will hold.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sack1 /sæk/USA pronunciation n. - a large bag of strong, rough, woven material, as for potatoes:[countable]a burlap sack.
- the amount a sack holds:[countable]two sacks of sugar.
- a bag:[countable]a sack of candy.
- Slang Termsdismissal or being fired from a job:[uncountable* usually: the + ~]got the sack for being late.
- Slang Termsbed:[uncountable]He needs some time in the sack.
v. - [~ + object] to put into a sack or sacks.
- Slang Termsto dismiss from a job;
fire:[~ + object]sacked him after just two weeks. - sack out, [no object][Slang.]to go to bed;
fall asleep:You can sack out on the floor.
Idioms- hit the sack, to go to bed:Time to hit the sack; lights out!
sack•ful, n. [countable], pl. -fuls. sack2 /sæk/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to plunder (a place) after capture;
loot:Genghis Khan's armies sacked entire provinces.
n. [countable] - the plundering of a captured place:the sack of Troy.
sack•er, n. [countable]sack3 /sæk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sack1 (sak),USA pronunciation n. - a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- the amount a sack holds.
- a bag:a sack of candy.
- Slang Termsdismissal or discharge, as from a job:to get the sack.
- Slang Termsbed:I bet he's still in the sack.
- ClothingAlso, sacque.
- a loose-fitting dress, as a gown with a Watteau back, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th century and much of the 18th century.
- a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
- Sport[Baseball.]a base.
- Dialect Terms[South Midland U.S.]the udder of a cow.
- Idioms hit the sack, [Slang.]to go to bed;
go to sleep:He never hits the sack before midnight. - Idioms hold the sack. See bag (def. 18).
v.t. - to put into a sack or sacks.
- Sport[Football.]to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
- Slang Termsto dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
- Slang Terms sack out, to go to bed;
fall asleep.
- Semitic; compare Hebrew śaq
- Greek sákkos
- Latin saccus bag, sackcloth
- bef. 1000; 1940–45 for def. 5; Middle English sak (noun, nominal), sakken (verb, verbal), Old English sacc (noun, nominal)
- to pillage or loot after capture;
plunder:to sack a city.
n. - the plundering of a captured place;
pillage:the sack of Troy.
- Middle High German sakman pillager (conformed to sacco sack1)
- Italian sacco looting, loot, shortened form of saccomano
- Middle French phrase mettre à sac to put to pillage; sac, in this sense
- 1540–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spoil, despoil. See rob.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged looting; destruction, ruin.
sack3 (sak),USA pronunciation n. - Winea strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- Latin siccus dry; compare sec1
- French (vin) sec dry (wine)
- 1525–35
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