SACK

dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking

(noun) the termination of someone’s employment (leaving them free to depart)

sack

(noun) the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; “the sack of Rome”

chemise, sack, shift

(noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

hammock, sack

(noun) a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag

(noun) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer’s purchases

sack, sacque

(noun) a woman’s full loose hiplength jacket

sack

(noun) any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

sack, sackful

(noun) the quantity contained in a sack

pouch, sac, sack, pocket

(noun) an enclosed space; “the trapped miners found a pocket of air”

sack

(verb) put in a sack; “The grocer sacked the onions”

net, sack, sack up, clear

(verb) make as a net profit; “The company cleared $1 million”

sack, plunder

(verb) plunder (a town) after capture; “the barbarians sacked Rome”

displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; “The boss fired his secretary today”; “The company terminated 25% of its workers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

sack (plural sacks)

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).

• The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense⁴ below.

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁵ below.

(colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

(dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

(vulgar, slang) The scrotum.

Synonyms

• (bag): bag, tote, poke (obsolete)

• (booty obtained by pillage): See Thesaurus:booty

• (informal: dismissal from employment): the axe, pink slip, the boot, the chop, the elbow, one's cards, the old heave-ho

• (colloquial: bed): hay, rack

• (vulgar slang: scrotum): See Thesaurus:scrotum

Hyponyms

• (bag): bindle

Verb

sack (third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)

To put in a sack or sacks.

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

(American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.

(informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

(colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

Synonyms

• (plunder, pillage): loot, ransack

• (to remove someone from a job): can, dismiss, fire, lay off, let go, terminate, make redundant, give the axe, give the boot, give (someone) their cards, give the chop, give the elbow, give the old heave-ho, See also: lay off

• (slang: to hit in the groin): rack

Etymology 2

Noun

sack (countable and uncountable, plural sacks)

(dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

Etymology 3

Noun

sack (plural sacks)

Dated form of sac (“pouch in a plant or animal”).

Etymology 4

Verb

sack (third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)

Alternative spelling of sac

Noun

sack (plural sacks)

Alternative spelling of sac

Anagrams

• ACKs, SKCA, acks, cask

Source: Wiktionary

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Sack, n. Etym: [OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp. Cf. Desiccate.]

Definition: A anme formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. "Sherris sack." Shak. Sack posset, a posset made of sack, and some other ingredients.

Sack, n. Etym: [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, sæcc, L. saccus, Gr. sak; cf. F. sac from the Latin. Cf. Sac, Satchel, Sack to plunder.]

1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

2. A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. McElrath.

3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word.]

Definition: Originally, a loosely hanging garnment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing saek. [Written also sacque.]

4. A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

5. (Biol.)

Definition: See 2d Sac, 2. Sack bearer (Zoöl.). See Basket worm, under Basket.

– Sack tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom.

– To give the sack to or get the sack, to discharge, or be discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted. [Slang]

Sack, v. t.

1. To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson. L. Wallace.

2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. [Colloq.]

Sack, n. Etym: [F. sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, fr. L. saccus. See Sack a bag.]

Definition: the pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage. The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, -- by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age. Prescott.

Sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sacking.] Etym: [See Sack pillage.]

Definition: To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. The Romans lay under the apprehension of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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