Sack

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 2 See also

English

Etymology

Probably of Semitic origin (see Hebrew saq, Akkadian saqqu), entering Greek (sakkos, a bag of coarse cloth) via Phonecian, then Latin (saccus, a large bag) → Germanic *sakkiz → Old English (sæc, from *sakkiz, and sacc, directly from Latin, from which comes the modern English word sack).

Also borrowed from Greek or Latin are cognates in Welsh, Russian, Polish and Albanian.

Noun

sack

1. bag, device for carrying things in
2. Dismissal from employment ("She got the sack").
3. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing 13 stone or 182 pounds.

   Quotations

   • 1882: Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 209.

4. (slang) bed (I'm tired, I'm going to hit the sack)
5. a variety of wine from Spain or the Canary Islands

Translations

bag, device for carrying things in (1)

Finnish: säkki

Dismissal from employment (2)

Finnish: potkut (plural)

Synonyms

• bag
• tote
• grocery bag
• poke

Verb

sack, present participle sacking, past and past particple sacked

Transitive verb

1. fire or remove someone (from a job)

   "He was sacked last September."

Synonyms

• can
• dismiss
• fire
• lay off
• terminate

Translations

• Finnish: antaa potkut, erottaa

Verb

to sack

1. to rob, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war.

Synonyms

• pillage
• loot
• plunder

Translations

• Finnish: ryöstää

See also

• sachet
• satchel

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