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sack

sack (third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)

1. To put in a sack or sacks.

   Help me sack the groceries.

   • 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Chapter VII,

     The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag […]

2. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

   The barbarians sacked Rome.

   • 1898, Homer, translated by Samuel Butler, The Iliad, Book IX,

     It [a lyre] was part of the spoils which he had taken when he sacked the city of Eetion […]

3. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.
   • 1995, John Crumpacker and Gwen Knapp, ""Sack-happy defensive line stuns Dolphins"", SFGate.com, November 21,

     On third down, the rejuvenated Rickey Jackson stormed in over All-Pro left tackle Richmond Webb to sack Marino yet again for a 2-yard loss.

4. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

   He was sacked last September.

   • 1999, ""Russian media mogul dismisses Yeltsins bid to sack him"", CNN.com, March 5,

     […] Boris Berezovsky on Friday dismissed President Boris Yeltsins move to sack him from his post as executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, […]

5. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

   The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year’s Eve.

sack (plural sacks)

1. 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.
2. 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).
   • The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.
   • 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 27, page 202

     Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.

   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 209

     Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.

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

   The sack of Rome.

4. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
5. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense³ below.
6. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

   He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.

7. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁴ below.

   The boss is gonna give her the sack today.

   He got the sack for being late all the time.

8. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
9. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV, chapter vii, Google Books

     Molly, therefore, having dressed herself out in this sack, with a new laced cap, and some other ornaments which Tom had given her, repairs to church with her fan in her hand the very next Sunday.

10. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.

    He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.

Definizione dizionario sack

	sacco
	bag for commodities or items

borsa

borsellino

borsello

buttare fuori

cassa

espellere

giacca

insaccare

letto

licenziamento

licenziare

pacchetto

rinviare

sacca

saccheggiare

saccheggio

sacchetto

separare

sfrattare

tinozza

vaso

vomitare

zaino

Altri significati:

colloquial: to go to sleep

(dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

informal: to remove from a job or position

booty obtained by pillage

amount that can be put in a sack

the plunder and pillaging of a city

(American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack . <i>See verb sense<sup>4</sup> below.</i>

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

To put in a sack or sacks.

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. <i>See verb sense<sup>3</sup> below</i> .

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).

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.

(informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

to plunder

(dated) (also sacque ) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

informal: dismissal from employment

(colloquial) In the phrase sack out , to fall asleep. '''See also''' hit the sack .

(vulgar, slang) The scrotum.

(colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack . '''See also''' sack out .

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