sack

sack
sack1
sacklike, adj.
/sak/, n.
1. a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
2. the amount a sack holds.
3. a bag: a sack of candy.
4. Slang. dismissal or discharge, as from a job: to get the sack.
5. Slang. bed: I bet he's still in the sack.
6. Also, sacque.
a. a loose-fitting dress, as a gown with a Watteau back, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th century and much of the 18th century.
b. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
7. Baseball. a base.
8. South Midland U.S. the udder of a cow.
9. hit the sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep: He never hits the sack before midnight.
10. hold the sack. See bag (def. 18).
v.t.
11. to put into a sack or sacks.
12. Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
13. Slang. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
14. sack out, Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.
[bef. 1000; 1940-45 for def. 5; ME sak (n.), sakken (v.), OE sacc (n.) < L saccus bag, sackcloth < Gk sákkos < Sem; cf. Heb saq]
Regional Variation. See bag.
sack2
/sak/, v.t.
1. to pillage or loot after capture; plunder: to sack a city.
n.
2. the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.
[1540-50; < MF phrase mettre à sac to put to pillage; sac, in this sense < It sacco looting, loot, shortened form of saccomano < MHG sakman pillager (conformed to sacco SACK1)]
Syn. 1. spoil, despoil. See rob. 2. looting; destruction, ruin.
sack3
/sak/, n.
a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
[1525-35; < F (vin) sec dry (wine) < L siccus dry; cf. SEC1]

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