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Definitions for sacking
ˈsæk ɪŋsack·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sacking, baggingnoun

    coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

  2. dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sackingnoun

    the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Wiktionary

  1. sackingnoun

    Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).

    The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.

  2. sackingnoun

    Firing or termination of an employee.

    He followed his sacking with a good drunk.

ChatGPT

  1. sacking

    Sacking refers to the act of dismissing someone from their job, often due to poor performance, misconduct, company restructuring, or economic reasons. It could also refer to the act of pillaging or plundering a place during war, which involves seizing property, goods or valuables forcibly. Additionally, in the context of sports, it refers to tackling a quarterback in American football.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sacking

    of Sack

  2. Sackingnoun

    stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made

  3. Etymology: [AS. saeccing, from saecc sack, bag.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacking in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sacking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sacking in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Clarkson:

    I didn't foresee my sacking, but I would like to do one last lap, so I'll go down to Surrey, and I'll do one last lap of that track before the f ****** b ******* sack me.

  2. Steve Borthwick:

    As you come in here you sense the excitement around the room, i grew up watching the Five Nations - this is an incredible tournament.I had the privilege of playing in it then coaching as an assistant and now as a head coach. I ’m excited, determined to get on the field and get started.The former captain and lock, who coached Leicester to the Premiership title last season, reiterated his aim of getting the supporters back behind the team after a series of poor results and dispiriting performances that led to Eddie Jones sacking.

  3. Will Steffen:

    I do think it's a very positive announcement because it does show that there's been a mistake made in the initial sacking of all the CSIRO climate scientists and the downgrading of climate science, but I'm not clear whether the 15 new positions that Minister Hunt announced are in addition to reinstating all of the earlier ones, or whether they only partially reinstate what has already been damaged.

  4. Bill Maher:

    Now, I've always seen the opposition party give a rebuttal. This is from the same party. This is like sacking your own quarterback, i don't know, maybe she's gonna say some nice things about Joe, but basically it's to present- … bad idea for the Democrats?

  5. James Murdoch:

    The damage is profound, the sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very much so. Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years.

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