sack

1
[ sak ]
/ sæk /

noun

verb (used with object)

Verb Phrases

sack out, Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.

Idioms for sack

    hit the sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep: He never hits the sack before midnight.
    leave holding the sack. bag(def 28).

Origin of sack

1
before 1000; 1940–45 for def 5; Middle English sak (noun), sakken (v.), Old English sacc (noun) < Latin saccus bag, sackcloth < Greek sákkos < Semitic; compare Hebrew śaq

regional variation note for sack

See bag.

OTHER WORDS FROM sack

sack·like, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sack

bag sac sack sacque

Definition for sacked (2 of 2)

sack 2
[ sak ]
/ sæk /

verb (used with object)

to pillage or loot after capture; plunder: to sack a city.

noun

the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.

Origin of sack

2
1540–50; < Middle French phrase mettre à sac to put to pillage; sac, in this sense < Italian sacco looting, loot, shortened form of saccomano < Middle High German sakman pillager (conformed to sacco sack1)

SYNONYMS FOR sack

1 spoil, despoil. See rob.
2 looting; destruction, ruin.

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British Dictionary definitions for sacked (1 of 3)

sack 1
/ (sæk) /

noun

verb (tr)

informal to dismiss from employment
to put into a sack or sacks

Derived forms of sack

sacklike, adjective

Word Origin for sack

Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag, from Greek sakkos; related to Hebrew saq

British Dictionary definitions for sacked (2 of 3)

sack 2
/ (sæk) /

noun

the plundering of a place by an army or mob, usually involving destruction, slaughter, etc
American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball

verb

(tr) to plunder and partially destroy (a place)
American football to tackle and bring down a quarterback before he has passed the ball

Derived forms of sack

sacker, noun

Word Origin for sack

C16: from French phrase mettre à sac, literally: to put (loot) in a sack, from Latin saccus sack 1

British Dictionary definitions for sacked (3 of 3)

sack 3
/ (sæk) /

noun

archaic or trademark any dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from SW Europe

Word Origin for sack

C16 wyne seck, from French vin sec dry wine, from Latin siccus dry

Idioms and Phrases with sacked

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