Definition of "sack" in Anglais

noun

1. 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.

2. 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. — McElrath.

3. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

   • the sack of Rome

4. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

5. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.

6. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

   • He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.

7. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.

   • give (someone) the sack
   • get the sack
   • The boss is gonna give her the sack today.
   • He got the sack for being late all the time.

8. (colloquial, US, literally or figurative) Bed.

   • hit the sack
   • in the sack

9. (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.

10. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

11. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.

    • He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.

12. (Midland US) Any disposable bag.

verb

1. To put in a sack or sacks.

   • Help me sack the groceries.

2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

3. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

   • The barbarians sacked Rome in 410 CE.

4. (American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.

   • On third down, the rejuvenated Rickey Jackson stormed in over All-Pro left tackle Richmond Webb to sack Marino yet again for a 2-yard loss.