sack
English
/sæk/
noun
Definitions
- A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
- The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
- (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
- (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
- (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense below.
- (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
- (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense below.
- (colloquial) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
- (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a w:1700-1750_in_fashion#Women.27s_Watteau back or -back sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
- (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
- (vulgar) The scrotum.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sak (bag, sackcloth) inherited from Old English sacc (sack, bag) inherited from *sakku inherited from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (sack) derived from Latin saccus (large bag, sack, bag, purse, a sack) derived from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sack, sackcloth, bag, bag of coarse cloth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σάκκος
Gloss
sack, sackcloth, bag, bag of coarse cloth
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
袋
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- ballsack English
- cloth English
- coal English
- coalsack English
- corn English
- cornsack English
- crap English
- crapsack English
- day English
- daysack English
- dick English
- dicksack English
- flour English
- floursack English
- grip English
- gripsack English
- hop English
- hopsack English
- load English
- loiter English
- loiter-sack English
- mail English
- mailsack English
- minisack English
- nut English
- nutsack English
- pack English
- packsack English
- sacciferous English
- saccus English
- sack-whey English
- sackable English
- sackage English
- sackcloth English
- sackclothed English
- sacker English
- sackful English
- sacklike English
- sackload English
- sackwise English
- shit English
- shitsack English
- sleep English
- sleepsack English
- supersack English
- tow English
- towsack English
- unsackable English
- whey English
- wool English
- woolsack English
- säkki Finnish
- bisaccium Latin
- saccarius Latin
- sacceus Latin
- saccus Latin
- Biwaksack German
- Drecksack German
- Dudelsack German
- Fettsack German
- Futtersack German
- Geldsack German
- Hodensack German
- Kartoffelsack German
- Mehlsack German
- Müllsack German
- Papiersack German
- Pfeffersack German
- Presssack German
- Rucksack German
- Sack German
- Sackerl German
- Sackgesicht German
- Sackkarre German
- Sackratte German
- sackartig German
- sacken German
- sackförmig German
- sacco Italian
- saccoccia Italian
- achterzak Dutch, Flemish
- ambtsroede Dutch, Flemish
- berkenroede Dutch, Flemish
- binnenzak Dutch, Flemish
- bultzak Dutch, Flemish
- dikzak Dutch, Flemish
- donderroede Dutch, Flemish
- geslachtsroede Dutch, Flemish
- klootzak Dutch, Flemish
- knapzak Dutch, Flemish
- kontzak Dutch, Flemish
- kunstmestzak Dutch, Flemish
- lamzak Dutch, Flemish
- luchtzak Dutch, Flemish
- menroede Dutch, Flemish
- papzak Dutch, Flemish
- pennenzak Dutch, Flemish
- postzak Dutch, Flemish
- puntzak Dutch, Flemish
- roede Dutch, Flemish
- roede-zak Dutch, Flemish
- rugzak Dutch, Flemish
- slaapzak Dutch, Flemish
- theezak Dutch, Flemish
- trekzak Dutch, Flemish
- tuchtroede Dutch, Flemish
- vetzak Dutch, Flemish
- vuilzak Dutch, Flemish
- wangzak Dutch, Flemish
- wichelroede Dutch, Flemish
- zak Dutch, Flemish
- zakdoek Dutch, Flemish
- zakformaat Dutch, Flemish
- zakhorloge Dutch, Flemish
- zakkam Dutch, Flemish
- zakkenrollen Dutch, Flemish
- zakkenroller Dutch, Flemish
- zakkenvuller Dutch, Flemish
- zakkenwasser Dutch, Flemish
- zakkerig Dutch, Flemish
- zaklamp Dutch, Flemish
- zaklantaarn Dutch, Flemish
- zakmes Dutch, Flemish
- zakpijp Dutch, Flemish
- zakrekenaar Dutch, Flemish
- zakwoordenboek Dutch, Flemish
- zandzak Dutch, Flemish
- zuurzak Dutch, Flemish
- sac French
- saco Spanish, Castilian
- σάκκινος Ancient Greek
- σάκκος Ancient Greek
- σακκοπήρα Ancient Greek
- σακχυφάντης Ancient Greek
- ῥυτίς Ancient Greek
- saco Portuguese
- *sakkuz Proto-Germanic
- matsäck Swedish
- ryggsäck Swedish
- säck Swedish
- säcklöpning Swedish
- サック Japanese
- ルーデサック Japanese
- sacc Old English
- sak Middle English
- sakcloth Middle English
- sekkr Old Norse
- زِقّ Arabic
- sac Old French
- dormosako Esperanto
- dorsosako Esperanto
- sako Esperanto
- sac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- σάκος Greek (modern)
- sako Cebuano
- saku Indonesian
- sach Welsh
- roede Middle Dutch
- sac Middle Dutch
- sac Old High German
- sako Ido
- sac Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *sakku gmw-pro
- sac Old Dutch
- saco Old Portuguese
- sac Aromanian
- żaqq Maltese
- sac Friulian
- saco Old Spanish
- sac'h Breton
- sagh Cornish
- Sack Pennsylvania German
- साक Konkani
- sacco Neapolitan
- hop
- tow
- nut
- day
- crap
- corn
- pack
- ball
- shit
- grip
- dick
- wool
- whey
- coal
- load
- sleep
- cloth
- flour
- saccus
- loiter
- sacker
- towsack
- sackage
- sackful
- nutsack
- hopsack
- daysack
- cornsack
- dicksack
- gripsack
- sackload
- sackwise
- shitsack
- coalsack
- crapsack
- sacklike
- mailsack
- minisack
- woolsack
- ballsack
- sackable
- packsack
- sack-whey
- sackcloth
- supersack
- sleepsack
- floursack
- unsackable
- sacciferous
- loiter-sack
- sackclothed