sacking
/'sækiɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The termination of someone's employment (le.g., dismissal, firing): The act of removing someone from their job.
- Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks: A strong, rough-woven material, typically made from jute or hemp, used for making sacks.
Usage and Examples
- Noun (Dismissal):
- The sacking of the manager was announced yesterday.
- His sacking came as a shock to the entire team.
- Noun (Fabric):
- The farmer used sacking to store the grain.
- The old chair was reupholstered with durable sacking.
Advanced Usage
- "To be given/get the sack": An informal idiom meaning to be dismissed from one's job.
- He was given the sack for repeated lateness.
- "To sack someone": The verb form meaning to dismiss someone from employment.
- The company decided to sack the underperforming employee.
Variants and Related Words
- Sack (noun): A large bag made of strong material; also informal for dismissal (e.g., ).
- Sack (verb): To dismiss from employment; to plunder or loot a place.
- Sackful (noun): The amount a sack holds.
- Sackcloth (noun): A coarse fabric similar to sacking, often associated with mourning or penitence.
Synonyms
- For dismissal: Dismissal, firing, termination, discharge, layoff.
- For fabric: Burlap, hessian, gunny (cloth).
Phrasal Verbs
- Sack out (verb): An informal phrasal verb meaning to go to sleep or lie down to rest.
- After the long hike, I just want to sack out on the sofa.
Related Idioms
- "Hit the sack": To go to bed.
- It's late; I'm going to hit the sack.
- "Sack race": A race in which competitors hop with their legs inside a sack.
- The children enjoyed the sack race at the school fair.
Noun
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- coarse fabric used for bags or sacks