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sack

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What does sack mean?

noun

  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).
  3. The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
More meanings (19)

noun

  1. Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
  2. A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
  3. One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
  4. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
  5. (figuratively) Bed.
  6. Any disposable bag.
  7. Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”).
  8. (dated) 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.
  9. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
  10. (slang, vulgar) The scrotum.
  11. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
  12. (dated) Dated form of sac (“pouch in a plant or animal”).

verb

  1. To put in a sack or sacks.
  2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
  3. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
  4. To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
  5. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
  6. (slang) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
  7. Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”).
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Its head was a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent a face.
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) BaumThe Wonderful Wizard of OzProject Gutenberg ebook #55
There it was in the bottom of her trunk, in the canvas sack, the chamois-skin bag, and the little brass match-safe.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
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If I do grow great, I’ll grow less, for I’ll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly as a nobleman should do.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
However cold the weather might be, the inmate of the fur-lined sack was usually very comfortable--at least I used to think so.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
It is situated in the thoracic cavity between the lungs, and enclosed by a special fold of the pleura, the pericardial sack.
Robert Alexander CraigCommon Diseases of Farm AnimalsProject Gutenberg ebook #8502