sack: Meaning and Definition of

sack

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. dismissal or discharge, as from a job: to get the sack.
5. bed: I bet he's still in the sack.
1. a loose-fitting dress, as a gown with a Watteau back, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th century and much of the 18th century.
2. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
7. a base.
8. the udder of a cow.
9. to go to bed; go to sleep: He never hits the sack before midnight.
10. See(def. 18).

1. to put into a sack or sacks.
2. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
3. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
4. to go to bed; fall asleep.

sack

1. to pillage or loot after capture; plunder: to sack a city.

1. the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.

sack

1. a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.