1. (n.)sack a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
2. sack the amount a sack holds.
3. sack a bag: a sack of candy.
4. sack Slang. dismissal, as from a job: to get the sack.
5. sack Slang. bed.
6. sack a loose-fitting dress, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th–18th century.
7. sack a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
8. sack Baseball. a base.
9. (v.t.)sack to put into a sack or sacks.
10. sack Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
11. sack Slang. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
12. sack Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.
13. (v.t.)sack to pillage or loot (a place) after capture; plunder.
14. (n.)sack the plundering of a captured place: the sack of Troy.
15. (n.)sack a strong white wine formerly imported by England from Spain and the Canary Islands.
Etymology: (1525–35; < F (vin) sec dry (wine) < L siccus dry; cf. sec)
Definition of 'sack'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
2. (noun)pouch, sac, sack, pocket an enclosed space "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
3. (noun)sack, sackful the quantity contained in a sack
4. (noun)sack any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
5. (noun)sack, sacque a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
6. (noun)hammock, sack a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
7. (noun)chemise, sack, shift a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
8. (noun)sack the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter "the sack of Rome"
9. (verb)dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
10. (verb)sack, plunder plunder (a town) after capture "the barbarians sacked Rome"
11. (verb)displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
12. (verb)net, sack, sack up, clear make as a net profit "The company cleared $1 million"
13. (verb)sack put in a sack "The grocer sacked the onions"
2. sack get the sack/give sb the sack to be dismissed or dismiss sb from a job
3. (verb)sack to dismiss sb from a job
Definition of 'sack'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)sack a name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines
2. (noun)sack a bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch
3. (noun)sack a measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels
4. (noun)sack originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack
5. (noun)sack a sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam
6. (noun)sack see 2d Sac, 2
7. (noun)sack bed
8. (noun)sack the pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage
9. (verb)sack to put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn
10. (verb)sack to bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders
11. (verb)sack to plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage