Sack

Quick meaning: Sack is a noun meaning (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

Meaning

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
2. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
3. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
4. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
5. (colloquial, US, literally or figurative) Bed.
6. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
7. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).

Example Sentences

get the sack

the sack of Rome

give (someone) the sack

The boss is gonna give her the sack today.

Word Forms

• sacks
• sacking
• sacked

Synonyms for sack

Depending on context, synonyms include bag, poke, booty, hay, rack, scrotum.

Antonyms for sack

Common opposites include engage, employ, hire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pouch, pocket, hammock, net, sacque, shift.

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