Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   sack

   /sak/

   noun

   • 1. a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods. Similar bagpackpouchpocketgunnypoke
   • ▪ the contents of a sack or the amount it can contain: "a sack of flour"
   • 2. a woman's short loose unwaisted dress, typically narrowing at the hem, popular especially in the 1950s.
   • ▪ a woman's long loose dress or gown. historical
   • ▪ a decorative piece of dress material fastened to the shoulders of a woman's gown in loose pleats and forming a long train, fashionable in the 18th century.
   • 3. dismissal from employment: informal "he got the sack for swearing" Similar dismissaldischargeredundancytermination of employmentone's marching ordersinformal:the bootthe bulletthe axethe (old) heave-hothe pushthe bouncethe elbowone's cardsthe chop
   • 4. bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex. informal North American Similar bedkipinformal:pit
   • 5. a base. informal
   • 6. an act of tackling of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.

   verb

   • 1. dismiss from employment: informal "any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot"
   • 2. tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before they can throw a pass: "Oregon intercepted five of his passes and sacked him five times"
   • 3. put into a sack or sacks: rare "a small part of his wheat had been sacked"

   Word Origin Old Englishsacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sackable adjective
   • 2. sack-like adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points