sack

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /sæk/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: sac

Noun

Singular sack

Plural sacks

A sack

1. A sack is a bag used to hold things.

   She opened the brown paper sack and put the shopping in it.

2. (uncountable) To sack is to plunder and pillage a captured town or city.

   The sack of Rome.

3. The sack is a slang word for bed.

   I'm tired. I think I'll hit the sack and get some sleep.

Synonyms

• bag

Verb

Plain form sack

Third-person singular sacks

Past tense sacked

Past participle sacked

Present participle sacking

1. If the company sacks you, they end your job; they fire you.

   Phil was sacked last week, and I think they will get rid of more people soon.

2. To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.

   The barbarians sacked Rome.

Synonyms

• fire
• terminate
• get rid of

Antonyms

• hire
• employ