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4-letter words (2 found)

CASK,SACK,

3-letter words (4 found)

ASK,KAS,SAC,SKA,

2-letter words (2 found)

AS,KA,

You can make 8 words from sack according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sack

sack asck scak csak acsk cask sakc askc skac ksac aksc kasc scka cska skca ksca cksa kcsa acks caks akcs kacs ckas kcas

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Definitions and meaning of sack

sack

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /sæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk
  • Homophones: sac, SAC

Etymology 1

From Middle English sak (“bag, sackcloth”), from Old English sacc (“sack, bag”) and sæcc (“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.

Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Danish sæk, Hebrew שַׂק (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Aramaic סַקָּא, Classical Syriac ܣܩܐ, Ge'ez ሠቅ (śäḳ), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu), Egyptian sꜣgꜣ. Doublet of sac, saccus, saco, and sakkos.

Černý and Forbes suggest the word was originally Egyptian, a nominal derivative of sꜣq (“to gather or put together”) that also yielded Coptic ⲥⲟⲕ (sok, “sackcloth”) and was borrowed into Greek perhaps by way of a Semitic intermediary. However, Vycichl and Hoch reject this idea, noting that such an originally Egyptian word would be expected to yield Hebrew *סַק rather than שַׂק. Instead, they posit that the Coptic and Greek words are both borrowed from Semitic, with the Coptic word perhaps developing via Egyptian sꜣgꜣ.

Noun

sack (plural sacks)

  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.
  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.
  7. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
    give (someone) the sack
  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.
    Alternative form: sacque
  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.
  12. (Midland US) Any disposable bag.
Synonyms
  • (bag): bag, tote, poke (obsolete)
  • (booty obtained by pillage): See Thesaurus:booty
  • (informal: dismissal from employment): the axe, pink slip, the boot, the chop, the elbow, one's cards, the old heave-ho
  • (colloquial: bed): hay, rack
  • (vulgar slang: scrotum): See Thesaurus:scrotum
Hyponyms
  • (bag): bindle
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: サック (sakku)
Translations

Verb

sack (third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)

  1. To put in a sack or sacks.
  2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
  4. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
    Synonyms: loot, ransack
  5. (American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
    • 1995, John Crumpacker and Gwen Knapp, "Sack-happy defensive line stuns Dolphins", SFGate.com, November 21,
      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.
  6. (informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lay off
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sack.
Derived terms
  • sackable
  • sackage
  • sacker
  • sack off
  • sack out
  • sack up
Translations

Etymology 2

From earlier (wyne) seck from Middle French (vin (“wine”)) sec (“dry”), from Latin siccus (“dry”).

Noun

sack (countable and uncountable, plural sacks)

  2. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
    • The New Sporting Magazine (volume 15, page 23)
      The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.
Derived terms
  • sack-whey
See also
  • claret, hock, tent

Etymology 3

Noun

sack (plural sacks)

  1. Dated form of sac (“pouch in a plant or animal”).

Etymology 4

Verb

sack (third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)

  1. Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”)

Noun

sack (plural sacks)

  1. Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”)

See also

  • sack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Sack in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

  • Forbes, Robert Jacobus (1955) Studies in Ancient Technology, vol. IV, p. 66
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 186
  • Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 269

Anagrams

  • ACKs, KCAS, SKCA, acks, cask

Source: wiktionary.org