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Definitions for Sacked
[1] a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
[2] the amount a sack holds.
[3] a bag: a sack of candy.
[4] Slang . dismissal or discharge, as from a job: to get the sack.
[5] Slang . bed: I bet he's still in the sack.
[6] Also sacque. a loose-fitting dress, as a gown with a Watteau back, especially one fashionable in the late 17th century and much of the 18th century. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
[7] Baseball . a base.
[8] South Midland U.S. the udder of a cow.
[9] to put into a sack or sacks.
[10] Football . to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
[11] Slang . to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
[12] sack out , Slang . to go to bed; fall asleep.
[13] hit the sack , Slang . to go to bed; go to sleep: He never hits the sack before midnight.
[14] leave holding the sack . bag(def 28) .
[15] to pillage or loot after capture; plunder: to sack a city.
[16] the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.
[17] a large bag made of coarse cloth, thick paper, etc, used as a container
[18] Also called: sackful the amount contained in a sack, sometimes used as a unit of measurement
[19] a woman's loose tube-shaped dress Also called: sacque a woman's full loose hip-length jacket, worn in the 18th and mid-20th centuries
[20] short for rucksack
[21] cricket , Australian a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): bye
[22] the sack informal dismissal from employment
[23] a slang word for bed
[24] hit the sack slang to go to bed
[25] rough as sacks NZ uncouth
[26] informal to dismiss from employment
[27] to put into a sack or sacks
[28] the plundering of a place by an army or mob, usually involving destruction, slaughter, etc
[29] American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball
[30] (tr) to plunder and partially destroy (a place)
[31] American football to tackle and bring down a quarterback before he has passed the ball
[32] archaic or trademark any dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from SW Europe
Words related to Sacked
sackfire, discharge, dismiss, terminate, expel, loot, strip, drop, cashier, bounce, can, ax, ship, maraud, demolish, fleece, desolate, devastate, desecrate, pillage
Words nearby Sacked
sacksacher-masoch, sachet, sachs, sachsen, sachsen-anhalt, sack, sack coat, sack dress, sack out, sack race, sack suit
Origin of Sacked
21540–50; < Middle French phrase mettre à sac to put to pillage; sac, in this sense < Italian sacco looting, loot, shortened form of saccomano < Middle High German sakman pillager (conformed to sacco sack1)
Words that may be confused with Sacked
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, sackbag, sac, sack, sacque
Other words from Sacked
sack·like , adjective
Word origin for Sacked
C16 wyne seck, from French vin sec dry wine, from Latin siccus dry
Synonyms for Sacked
discharge, dismiss, expel, fire, terminate, ax, bounce, can, cashier, drop, ship, give a pink slip, give marching orders, give the boot, kick out, send packing