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sack
1[ sak ]
noun
- a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- the amount a sack holds.
- a bag:
a sack of candy.
- the sack, Informal. dismissal or discharge, as from a job:
to get the sack.
- the sack, Slang. bed, often as the site of sexual activity:
It's past noon, but I bet that lazybones is still in the sack.
If you want the relationship to be more than just a night in the sack, you have to work at it.
- 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.
- Baseball. a base.
- South Midland U.S. the udder of a cow.
verb (used with object)
- to put into a sack or sacks.
- Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
- Informal. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
verb phrase
- Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.
sack
2[ sak ]
verb (used with object)
- to pillage or loot after capture; plunder:
to sack a city.
Synonyms: ,
noun
- the plundering of a captured place; pillage:
the sack of Troy.
Synonyms: ,
sack
3[ sak ]
noun
- a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
sack
1/ 蝉忙办 /
noun
- a large bag made of coarse cloth, thick paper, etc, used as a container
- Also calledsackful the amount contained in a sack, sometimes used as a unit of measurement
- a woman's loose tube-shaped dress
- Also calledsacque a woman's full loose hip-length jacket, worn in the 18th and mid-20th centuries
- short for rucksack
- cricket 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
- the sack informal.dismissal from employment
- a slang word for bed
- hit the sack slang.to go to bed
- rough as sacksuncouth
verb
- informal.to dismiss from employment
- to put into a sack or sacks
sack
2/ 蝉忙办 /
noun
- the plundering of a place by an army or mob, usually involving destruction, slaughter, etc
- American football a tackle on a quarterback which brings him down before he has passed the ball
verb
- tr to plunder and partially destroy (a place)
- American football to tackle and bring down a quarterback before he has passed the ball
sack
3/ 蝉忙办 /
noun
- archaic.any dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from SW Europe
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉补肠办藢濒颈办别, adjective
- 藞蝉补肠办别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉补肠办路濒颈办别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sack1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sack1
Origin of sack2
Origin of sack3
Idioms and Phrases
- hit the sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep:
He never hits the sack before midnight.
- leave holding the sack. bag ( def 30 ).
More idioms and phrases containing sack
In addition to the idiom beginning with sack , also see get the ax (sack) ; hit the hay (sack) ; sad sack .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In 2023, Fox was sacked from his role as a TV presenter on GB News after an on-air rant about a female journalist.
Musk called the Trump booster a "moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" in a series of posts to social media, drawing little more than a sigh from the White House.
Remember when the Vikings gave up nine sacks to the Rams in the playoffs?
The story was seized on by Labour and the Lib Dems, who urged Badenoch to sack her former leadership rival for contradicting her - but her spokesman insisted there were no differences between them.
By re-signing returning center Bradley Bozeman, Hortiz hopes to have a competitive offseason to strengthen an offensive line that gave up four sacks in a playoff loss to the Houston Texans.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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