sacksæk(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, as from a job:

   to get the sack.

   Category: Status (usage)

5. Slang. bed.

   Category: Status (usage)

6. a loose-fitting dress, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th–18th century. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.

   Category: Clothing

   Ref: Also, sacque.; sack dress.

7. Baseball. a base.

   Category: Sport

8. (v.t.)to put into a sack or sacks.

9. Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.

   Category: Football, Baseball, and Basketball, Sport

10. Slang. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.

    Category: Status (usage)

11. sack out,Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.

    Category: Verb Phrase, Status (usage)

Origin of sack:

bef. 1000; ME sak (n.), sakken (v.), OE sacc (n.) < L saccus bag, sackcloth < Gk sákkos < Semitic; cf. Heb śaq, Akkadian šaqqu

sack′er(n.)

sacksæk(v.t.)

1. to pillage or loot (a place) after capture; plunder.

2. (n.)the plundering of a captured place:

   the sack of Troy.

Origin of sack:

1540–50; < MF phrase mettre à sac to put to pillage; sac in this sense < It sacco looting, loot

sack′er(n.)

sacksæk(n.)

1. a strong white wine formerly imported by England from Spain and the Canary Islands.

   Category: Viniculture/Winemaking

Origin of sack:

1525–35; < F (vin) sec dry (wine) < L siccus dry; cf. sec