sack

sack1 [ sæk ] noun *

1. ) count a large strong bag for storing and carrying things:

The sack was too heavy to lift.

a ) the things inside a sack:

sack of: a sack of potatoes/flour

b ) AMERICAN a strong paper bag for carrying goods from a store:

a grocery sack

2. ) count an occasion when someone pushes down the QUARTERBACK in the sport of football

3. ) the sack BRITISH INFORMAL a situation in which the management of a company ends someone's job:

get the sack: We didn't want to risk getting the sack by going on strike.

get/climb/jump into the sack with someone INFORMAL

to have sex with someone that you do not know very well

in the sack AMERICAN INFORMAL

in bed, used especially when referring to people having sex

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sack

sack 2 [ sæk ] verb transitive *

1. ) to push down the QUARTERBACK in the sport of football

2. ) if an army or military group sacks a place, they steal a lot of property from it and destroy it:

Imperial troops sacked Rome in 1527.

3. ) BRITISH INFORMAL to tell someone they can no longer work at their job: FIRE

,sack `out phrasal verb intransitive AMERICAN SPOKEN

to go to sleep:

The kids had sacked out on the floor while watching television.