Definition for sack from Dictionary.com

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sack
[sak]

-n.
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.
6. a. 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.
b. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
7. a base.
8. the udder of a cow.

-v.t.
9. to put into a sack or sacks.
10. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
11. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.

-Verb phrases
12. to go to bed; fall asleep.

-Idioms
13. to go to bed; go to sleep: He never hits the sack before midnight.
14. bag


sack
[sak]

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

-n.
2. the plundering of a captured place; pillage: the sack of Troy.


sack
[sak]

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



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