sack

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sack

The manager gave him the sack on Friday.

Definition

Noun: 1. A large bag, typically made of coarse material: A container for holding and carrying goods, often made from materials like burlap, paper, or plastic. 2. Dismissal from employment: The act of terminating someone's job. 3. The plundering of a captured city or building: The act of looting and destroying a place, especially by an army. 4. A loose-fitting garment: A simple dress or coat that hangs straight from the shoulders. 5. A quantity contained in a sack: Used as a unit of measurement. 6. A type of historical wine: A dry white wine from Spain, such as sherry.

Verb: 1. To dismiss from employment: To fire someone from their job. 2. To put into a sack: To place items into a large bag. 3. To plunder and destroy: To loot a captured city or building violently. 4. (Informal) To tackle a quarterback in American football: To bring the quarterback to the ground behind the line of scrimmage.

Examples

Noun: * He carried a heavy sack of potatoes. (Definition 1) * After the mistake, he got the sack. (Definition 2) * The sack of the ancient city was a historical tragedy. (Definition 3) * She wore a comfortable linen sack. (Definition 4) * We bought a sack of rice. (Definition 5)

Verb: * The manager had to sack three employees. (Definition 1) * Please sack the groceries for me. (Definition 2) * The invaders sacked the village. (Definition 3) * The defensive end managed to sack the quarterback. (Definition 4)

Advanced Usage
  • "To get/have the sack": To be dismissed from one's job.
    • He got the sack for being late too often.
  • "To give someone the sack": To dismiss someone from their job.
    • The company gave him the sack.
  • "Hit the sack" (Idiom): To go to bed.
    • I'm tired; I'm going to hit the sack.
Variants and Related Words
  • Sackful (n): The amount a sack holds.
    • He ate a sackful of candy.
  • Sacking (n): 1. The coarse material used to make sacks. 2. The act of dismissing someone or plundering a place.
    • The bag was made of rough sacking. (Material)
    • The sacking of the manager surprised everyone. (Dismissal)
Synonyms
  • Noun (Bag): Bag, pouch.
  • Noun (Dismissal): Dismissal, firing, termination.
  • Verb (Dismiss): Fire, dismiss, terminate, let go.
  • Verb (Plunder): Plunder, loot, pillage, ransack.
Phrasal Verbs
  • Sack out (Informal): To go to sleep.
    • After the long trip, he just sacked out on the couch.
Related Idioms
  • "A sack of potatoes": Used to describe someone or something that is heavy and limp when carried.
    • He carried the sleeping child like a sack of potatoes.
  • "Sack race": A race in which participants hop with their legs inside a sack.
    • The children enjoyed the sack race at the picnic.
sack

The manager gave him the sack on Friday.

Noun
  1. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  2. the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
    • the sack of Rome
  3. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
  4. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
  5. a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
  6. any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
  7. the quantity contained in a sack
  8. an enclosed space
    • the trapped miners found a pocket of air
  9. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Verb
  1. put in a sack
    • The grocer sacked the onions
  2. make as a net profit
    • The company cleared $1 million
  3. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    • The boss fired his secretary today
    • The company terminated 25% of its workers
  4. plunder (a town) after capture
    • the barbarians sacked Rome

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