Search results for 'sack':

sack¹ noun 1 a large bag, especially one made of coarse cloth or paper. 2 the amount a sack will hold; a sackful. 3 (the sack) colloq dismissal from employment • gave the caretaker the sack • She'll get the sack. 4 (the sack) slang bed. 5 (the sack) Amer football the instance of intervening or tackling the quarterback while still in possession of the ball. verb (sacked, sacking) 1 to put into a sack or sacks. 2 colloq to dismiss from employment. 3 Amer football to tackle (the quarterback while still in possession of the ball). hit the sack slang to go to bed.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos bag.

sack² verb (sacked, sacking) to plunder, pillage and destroy a town. noun the act of sacking a town.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French mettre à sac to put one's loot into a bag; to plunder.

sack³ noun, historical a dry white wine from Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French sec, from Latin siccus dry.