sack

sack

sack¹ [sak]

n.

[ME sak < OE sacc, akin to OHG sac, Goth sakkus < early Gmc borrowing < L saccus, bag, in LL(Ec), sackcloth garment < Gr sakkos < Sem: cf. Heb sak, Akkadian shaqqu, sackcloth]

1.

a) a bag, esp. a large one of coarse cloth, for holding grain, foodstuffs, etc.

b) such a bag with its contents

2. the quantity contained in such a bag: a measure of weight of varying amounts

3.

a) a short, loosefitting jacket worn by women

b) SHIFT (n. 7b)

4. Slang dismissal from a job; discharge: with the

☆ 5. Slang a bed, bunk, etc.

☆ 6. Baseball BASE¹ (n. 9)

☆ 7. Football the act of sacking a quarterback

vt.

1. to put into a sack or sacks

2. Slang to dismiss (a person) from a job; discharge

☆ 3. Football to tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage: For SACK¹ n. 4 & vt. 2, considered informal in Brit. usage

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☆ sack in Slang

1. HIT THE SACK

2. to stay in bed longer than usual

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☆ hit the sack

Slang to go to bed: also sack out

sack² [sak]

n.

[MFr sac < It sacco, plunder, lit., bag < L saccus: see SACK¹]

the plundering or looting, esp. by soldiers, of a captured city or town

vt.

to plunder or loot (a captured city, etc.)

SYN.- RAVAGE

sack³ [sak]

n.

[earlier (wyne)seck < Fr (vin)sec, dry (wine) < L siccus, dry (see SICCATIVE); sp. infl. by ? Sp ( vino de) saca, (wine for) export < sacar, to remove]

any of various dry white wines from Spain or the Canary Islands, popular in England during the 16th and 17th cent.