Meaning

• 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).

  "The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath."

• The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

  "The sack of Rome."

• Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

• A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense4 below.

• One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

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

• Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense5 below.

  "He got the sack for being late all the time."

• Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

• (also sacque) 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 sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

• The scrotum.

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

Meaning

• To put in a sack or sacks.

  "Help me sack the groceries."

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

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

  "The barbarians sacked Rome."

• To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.

• To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

  "He was sacked last September."

• In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

  "The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year’s Eve."