sack
A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of…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.
» It's time to hit the sack.
Пора на боковую.
Час на бокову.
Meaning
13 sensesA 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.
Sack, Papiersack, Beutel
мешо́кmešók, кульkulʹ
мішо́кmišók
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).
The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — .
Sack voll, Sackvoll
мешо́кmešók
мішо́кmišók
(uncountable)The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
the sack of Rome
Plünderung
разграбле́ниеrazgrablénije, грабёжgrabjóž
(uncountable)Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
награ́бленноеnagráblennoje, добы́чаdobýča
A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
Sack
One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.
(informal)Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
give (someone) the sack
get the sack
увольне́ниеuvolʹnénije
(US, colloquial, figuratively, literally)Bed.
hit the sack
in the sack
посте́льpostélʹ
(dated)A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
(dated)A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
(slang, vulgar)The scrotum.
He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.
Sack
мудо́mudó, мошо́нкаmošónka
Any disposable bag.
Examples
224 sentencesIt's time to hit the sack.
Час на бокову.
ruПора на боковую.
I've made you a sack lunch.
I'm going to hit the sack early.
Tom put the money in the sack.
What do you have in your sack?
Translations
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By meaning 6
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Origin
From Middle English sak, sek, sach, zech (“bag, sackcloth”), from Old English sacc (“sack,From Middle English sak, sek, sach, zech (“bag, sackcloth”), from Old English sacc (“sack, bag”) and sæċċ (“sackcloth, sacking”); both from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from late Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), borrowed from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic, possibly Phoenician or Hebrew.
From earlier (wyne) seck from Middle French (vin (“wine”)) sec (“dry”), from Latin siccus (“dry”).
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Forms
plural: sacks| Singular | sack |
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uncountable
Synonyms
31 synonyms- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases:pokepaper bagcarrier bag
- a woman's full loose hiplength jacket:sacque
- the quantity contained in a sack:sackful
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist:chemiseshift
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily:hammock
- an enclosed space:pouchsacpocket
Word family
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