a large bag made of coarse cloth, thick paper, etc, used as a container
2. Also called: sackful
the amount contained in a sack, sometimes used as a unit of measurement
3.
a.
a woman's loose tube-shaped dress
b. Also called: sacque
a woman's full loose hip-length jacket, worn in the 18th and mid-20th centuries
4. short for rucksack
5. cricket, Australian
a run scored off a ball not struck by the batsman: allotted to the team as an extra and not to the individual batsman
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): bye
6. the sack
7. a slang word for bed
8. hit the sack
9. rough as sacks
verb(transitive)
10. informal
to dismiss from employment
11.
to put into a sack or sacks
Derived forms
sacklike (ˈsackˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag, from Greek sakkos; related to Hebrew saq
sack dress in American English
noun
a loose, unbelted dress that hangs straight from the shoulder to the hemline
Word origin
[1955–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, geodesic dome, new wave, rollout, software