26984 words

sacks

17 definitions • 27 examples
1
a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something:

Examples:

The corn was stored in large sacks.
2
a paper or plastic bag used to carry things, especially things bought in a food shop:

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3
a situation in which someone is removed from their job:

Examples:

give someone the sack for something They gave him the sack for being late.
get the sack for Two workers got the sack for fighting in the warehouse.
I heard she got the sack last week.
4
an attack on a building or town in which a lot of destruction is caused and many valuable things are stolen:

Examples:

The sack of Rome by the Visigoths occurred in the fifth century.
5
in American football, an attack on the quarterback that prevents him from throwing the ball:

Examples:

The Colts have allowed only six sacks this season.
6
bed:

Examples:

hit the sack It's late - I'm going to hit the sack (= go to bed).
in the sack He came home and found Judy and Brad in the sack (= in bed) together.
7
If someone is good/bad in the sack, they are sexually skilled/not sexually skilled:

Examples:

Isabel used to say she was only with him because he was so good in the sack.
8
to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them:

Examples:

They sacked her for being late.
He got sacked from his last job.
9
in American football, to attack the quarterback in order to prevent him from throwing the ball:

Examples:

The quarterback was sacked only once and completed 16 out of 23 passes.
10
to attack a building or town, causing a lot of destruction and stealing many valuable things:

Examples:

The invaders sacked every village they passed on their route.
11
a bag, or the amount contained in a bag:

Examples:

plastic sacks
a sack of flour
12
(in football) to bring the other team’s quarterback to the ground before he can complete a play
13
to steal all the valuable things from a place and destroy it, usually during a war:

Examples:

Villages were sacked and burned by the raiders.
14
a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something:

Examples:

The corn was stored in large sacks.
a sack of sth The men carry 100-pound sacks of coffee on their backs.
15
a strong paper or plastic bag used to carry things bought in a food store:

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16
a situation in which you are told by your employer that you must leave your job, especially because you have done something wrong:

Examples:

get the sack If I don't do the job right, I'll get the sack.
give sb the sack Her repeated unexplained absences led her manager to give her the sack.
face the sack
earn sb the sack The company's poor sales figures finally earned Miller the sack.
17
to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong:

Examples:

Walters was the first of the senior staff to be sacked by the new editor.
Do shareholders have the right to sack the entire board of directors?

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