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(săk) 
n.
sack2 (săk)
tr.v., sacked, sack·ing, sacks.
To rob of goods or valuables, especially after capture.
n.
sack3 (săk)
n.
Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
n.
- A large bag of strong coarse material for holding objects in bulk.
- A similar container of paper or plastic.
- The amount that such a container can hold.
- also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.
- Slang. Dismissal from employment: finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.
- Informal. A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag.
- Baseball. A base.
- Football. A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.
- To place into a sack.
- Slang. To discharge from employment. See synonyms at dismiss.
- Football. To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.
sack out Slang.
- To sleep.
[Middle English, from Old English sacc, from Latin saccus, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin.]
WORD HISTORY The ordinary word sack carries within it a few thousand years of commercial history. Sack, which probably goes back to Middle Eastern antiquity, has a long history because it and its ancestors denoted an object used in trade between various peoples. Thus the Greeks got their word sakkos, "a bag made out of coarse cloth or hair," from the Phoenicians with whom they traded. We do not know the Phoenician word, but we know words that are akin to it, such as Hebrew śaq and Akkadian saqqu. The Greeks then passed the sack, as it were, to the Latin-speaking Romans, who transmitted their word saccus, "a large bag or sack," to the Germanic tribes with whom they traded, who gave it the form *sakkiz (other peoples have also taken this word from Greek or Latin, including speakers of Welsh, Russian, Polish, and Albanian). The speakers of Old English, a Germanic language, used two forms of the word, sæc, from *sakkiz, and sacc, directly from Latin; the second Old English form is the ancestor of our sack.
sack2 (săk)
tr.v., sacked, sack·ing, sacks.
To rob of goods or valuables, especially after capture.
n.
- The looting or pillaging of a captured city or town.
- Plunder; loot.
[Probably from French (mettre à) sac, (to put in) a sack, from Old French sac, sack, from Latin saccus, sack, bag. See sack1.]
sack3 (săk)
n.
Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[From French (vin) sec, dry (wine), from Old French, from Latin siccus, dry.]
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The expressions to sack (someone) or to give (someone) the sack, meaning 'to dismiss' and to get the sack, meaning 'to be dismissed', are all still informal only despite a history of use since the 19th century, possibly as a loan translation of the French phrase donner son sac.
| saccharin, saccharine, sac, sabre | |
| sacrilegious, sad, sadly |
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Canvas mail bag containing one or more packages of mail for a common destination. Sacks vary in size and capacity. The most common sack sizes are a #2, which holds 70 pounds, and a #3, which holds 45 pounds. In practice, some amount less than the maximum capacity is placed into the sack. See also optimizer; presort; sack tag.
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Discharge, terminate, fire (an employee); the employee “gets the sack,” originally meaning that he picked up his sack of tools and moved on.
| Sabotage, SOL, S.a. (Sociedad Anonima or Société Anonyme) | |
| Safe Harbor Rule, Safe Haven, Safe Rate |
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sack1
noun
- The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment: discharge, dismissal, termination. Informal ax. Slang boot1, bounce. See keep/release.
verb
- To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang boot1, bounce, can. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See keep/release.
verb
- To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, spoliate, strip1. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.
Idioms beginning with sack:
sackcloth and ashes
sack out
In addition to the idiom beginning with sack, also see get the ax (sack); hit the hay (sack); sad sack.
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v
Definition: raid, plunder
Antonyms: guard, protect, save
v
Definition: remove from position of responsibility
Antonyms: employ, hire, take on
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sack
IN BRIEF: A large bag; to fire from a job; to plunder, pillage.
A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty.
— Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936), Italian playwright and novelist.
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Dreaming about a large sack, particularly one that a person might fit into, might be a womb symbol. Alternatively, corpses are sometimes placed in sacks, so a sack can suggest death as well. The dream might also be alluding to idioms such as "getting sacked" or "hitting the sack." (See also Bag).
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noun
noun, mainly US
1: Dismissal from service or employment; mainly in phr. to get (or give someone) the sack. (1825 —) .
2:
a:orig naval A hammock or bunk. (1829 —) .
D. Devine The first time I came on board you were lying in your goddam sack (1950).
b: A bed; esp. in phrs. to hit the sack, to go to (or collapse into) bed; (to be good, etc.) in the sack (with reference to sexual intercourse). (1943 —) .
J. Updike Women with that superheated skin are usually fantastic in the sack (1968).
3: US A bag of paper or other material. (1904 —) .
B. Holiday I got so tired of scenes in crummy roadside restaurants over getting served, I used to...sit on the bus and rest—and let them bring me out something in a sack (1956).
4:N Amer, football A tackle on the quarterback behind the scrimmage line before he can make a pass; the act of tackling in this way. (1972 —) .
Detroit Free Press Other changes have been made, this year and in recent years, to put juice into the offence, the feeling being that people come to see touchdowns and not quarterback sacks (1978).verb
5:trans. To dismiss (someone) from service or employment. See sack noun 1. (1841 —) .
6: to sack inorig US To go to bed; to lie in. (1946 —) .
T. Wells Benedict's call, at about nine o'clock, woke me up....I'd planned to sack in till about eleven (1967).
7: to sack outmainly US To go to bed; to sleep. (1946 —) .
Daily Telegraph Many young travellers...are faced with the choice of curling up in a doorway or 'sacking out' in one of London's parks (1971).
8: to sack down to go to bed. (1956 —) .
E. V. Cunningham I lost a night's sleep....How about I sack down for a few hours? (1978).
9:N Amer, football trans . To tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before he can make a pass. (1969 —) .
Washington Post Kilmer...was sacked early in the second quarter by Bears tackle Ron Rydalch (1976).
[In sense 1, equivalent phrases recorded in French, Dutch, etc., though the precise derivation is not clear: perh. the bag of tools returned to an apprentice on dismissal.]
noun, mainly US
1: Dismissal from service or employment; mainly in phr. to get (or give someone) the sack. (1825 —) .
2:
a:
D. Devine The first time I came on board you were lying in your goddam sack (1950).
b: A bed; esp. in phrs. to hit the sack, to go to (or collapse into) bed; (to be good, etc.) in the sack (with reference to sexual intercourse). (1943 —) .
J. Updike Women with that superheated skin are usually fantastic in the sack (1968).
3: US A bag of paper or other material. (1904 —) .
B. Holiday I got so tired of scenes in crummy roadside restaurants over getting served, I used to...sit on the bus and rest—and let them bring me out something in a sack (1956).
4:
Detroit Free Press Other changes have been made, this year and in recent years, to put juice into the offence, the feeling being that people come to see touchdowns and not quarterback sacks (1978).
5:
6: to sack in
T. Wells Benedict's call, at about nine o'clock, woke me up....I'd planned to sack in till about eleven (1967).
7: to sack out
Daily Telegraph Many young travellers...are faced with the choice of curling up in a doorway or 'sacking out' in one of London's parks (1971).
8: to sack down to go to bed. (1956 —) .
E. V. Cunningham I lost a night's sleep....How about I sack down for a few hours? (1978).
9:
Washington Post Kilmer...was sacked early in the second quarter by Bears tackle Ron Rydalch (1976).
[In sense 1, equivalent phrases recorded in French, Dutch, etc., though the precise derivation is not clear: perh. the bag of tools returned to an apprentice on dismissal.]
| sac, Sydney, Swiss itch | |
| sack drill, sack rat, sack time |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #323 |
| Created by | Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | The 198 Gene Nation Morlocks |
| Notable aliases | Glass |
| Abilities | Possession |
Sack is a fictional mutant supervillain created by Marvel Comics for their team called Gene Nation. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #323.
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Fictional character biography
When the mentally unstable Mikhail Rasputin flooded the Morlock tunnels, many were believed dead. However, at the last instant Mikhail used his powers to open a portal into a parallel dimension dubbed The Hill. In this dimension, time moves at a faster rate, and even though it was a manner of months in the main Marvel Universe, it had been between 10–20 years on the Hill.[volume & issue needed]
On the anniversary of the Mutant Massacre, a horrific event in which Mr. Sinister's henchmen the Marauders killed many Morlocks, the members of Gene Nation reappeared in the main universe (Earth-616). Their mission was to destroy one hundred humans for every Morlock life that was lost. Sack along with Vessel were the first members to show themselves, killing a few civilians. Sack had suffocated a coroner, and an innocent bystander, when the X-Men arrived. They battled with Wolverine, Storm, Cannonball, and later Beast and were hardly fazed by their show of force. Finding their luck changing, the two Gene Nationals fled.[volume & issue needed]
Afterwards, a team of X-Men and the Morlock Callisto confront an attack group from Gene Nation including Sack, threatening the lives of several civilians by attaching incendiary devices to them that were regulated by Marrow's heartbeat. Seeing it as the only way of stopping the terrorist, Storm rips out Marrow's heart. Defeated, Callisto takes Sack, along with the remaining members of Gene Nation, back to The Hill.[volume & issue needed]
A few months later, Storm is kidnapped by Mikhail and taken to The Hill. Once there she has to fight her way to the top of the hill where Mikhail lives, where she successfully overpowers him. Sack is one of the team that had successfully reached the top, yet he had decided to take on the moniker of "Glass". Having won the victory, Storm forces Mikhail to take all of the people living on The Hill back to the real world. In an effort to give the mutants a new start, she settles them in a village outside of her home town in Africa.[volume & issue needed]
Fortunately for him, Sack did not have any involvement in the next two installments of Gene Nation, because a vengeful Agent Zero killed all current members to make Marrow suffer. Sack was one of the few mutants that was unaffected by the Scarlet Witch's tamperings of M-Day, and was next seen on the grounds of the Xavier Institute as one of the 198. He was seen associating with former Gene National Fever Pitch and former Morlock Erg, and almost incited a riot against their Sentinel "protectors". If not for the intervention of Mister M, it could have escalated into a bloody battle. When O*N*E* offers to let the mutants into Salem Center in exchange for being implanted with "tracking" chips, Sack is one of the mutants that has it implanted. When the device's true purpose is revealed he attempts to remove the device, discovering that he can't and it has bonded to his skull. Fortunately Mr. M, who did not have one implanted, removes Sack's along with everyone else's.[volume & issue needed]
Sack tries to claim territory on the X-Men's new island base. He takes hostages to back up his claims and is defeated by Psylocke.[1]
During "Second Coming" Sack was arguing with Toad about joining the X-Men in order to survive, when a Nimrod fired upon them and blasted his head off as well as Toad's finger.[2]
Powers and abilities
Sack is a being composed entirely of a gelatinous body that covers his skeleton. He is able to shift his liquid form to cover and control his host while virtually undetected. However, his form is not porous, causing his hosts to drown inside him. Because his body is not made of solid matter, he is resistant to injury.
External links
- Uncannyxmen.net character bio on Sack
- Uncannyxmen.net feature on Gene Nation
- Sack at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
References
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Sack
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - sæk, sækkekjole, udplyndring, kasse, kane, køje, afsked
v. tr. - fyre, plyndre, fylde i sæk
idioms:
- get the sack blive fyret
- give the sack fyre
- hit the sack gå i seng, gå til køjs
- sack in gå i seng, gå til køjs
- sack out blive udsovet, ligge og snue
2.
v. tr. - udplyndre
n. - udplyndring
3.
n. - sekt
Nederlands (Dutch)
zak, baal, bed, losse jurk, plunderen, ontslaan, de laan uitsturen, in een zak stoppen
Français (French)
1.
n. - sac
v. tr. - mettre (qn) à la porte
idioms:
- get the sack se faire mettre à la porte
- give the sack mettre à la porte, virer
- hit the sack se coucher, se pieuter
- sack in se coucher, dormir
- sack out (US) dormir (fam)
2.
v. tr. - mettre à sac (une ville)
n. - pillage
3.
n. - vin blanc d'Espagne (arch)
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Sack
v. - einsacken
idioms:
- get the sack rausgeschmissen werden (ugs)
- give the sack rausschmeißen
- hit the sack (ugs.) sich in die Falle hauen
- sack in (ugs.) sich in die Falle hauen
- sack out (ugs.) sich in die Falle hauen
2.
v. - (ugs.) rausschmeißen, plündern
n. - (ugs.) Rausschmiß, Plünderung
3.
n. - Sherry
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σακί, τσουβάλι, λεηλασία, (καθομ.) απόλυση (από εργασία), (ΗΠΑ) κρεβάτι
v. - λεηλατώ, εκπορθώ, απολύω, σακιάζω
idioms:
- get the sack (καθομ.) με απολύουν
- give the sack (καθομ.) απολύω
- hit the sack (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) πέφτω για ύπνο
- sack in (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) πέφτω για ύπνο
- sack out (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) πάω για ύπνο
Italiano (Italian)
licenziare, saccheggiare, sacco
idioms:
- give the sack licenziare
- got the sack venire licenziato
- hit the sack andare a dormire
- sack in/out andare a letto
Português (Portuguese)
n. - saca (m), saque (m)
v. - ensacar
idioms:
- get the sack ser despedido
- give the sack despedir
- hit the sack ir deitar, ir para a cama
- sack in/out adormecer
Русский (Russian)
мешок, куль, сак (пальто), мех для вина, бурдюк, шлейф, мантия, спальный мешок, вино типа хереса, грабеж, класть, ссыпать в мешок, нацеживать, увольнять, отдавать на разграбление, грабить
idioms:
- give the sack увольнять с работы, оставить кого-л. с носом
- got the sack быть уволенным
- hit the sack идти спать
- sack in/out ложиться спать
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - costal, saco, talega, bolsa
v. tr. - poner de patitas en la calle, echar, despedir
idioms:
- get the sack despedir, ser despedido
- give the sack despedir
- hit the sack tumbarse, echarse en la cama
- sack in embolsar, acostarse a dormir
- sack out desembolsar
2.
v. tr. - saquear, pillar
n. - saqueo, pillaje
3.
n. - vino blanco seco
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - säck, slängkappa, plundring, säckigt klädesplagg, säng, slaf, sekt
v. - plundra, fylla i säckar, håva in
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 袋, 麻袋, 粗布袋, 一袋, 装...入袋, 解雇, 开除, 胜过
idioms:
- get the sack 被解雇
- give the sack 解雇
- hit the sack 就寝
- sack in 睡觉
- sack out 睡觉
2. 劫掠, 洗劫
3. 萨克葡萄酒
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 劫掠, 洗劫
n. - 劫掠
2.
n. - 薩克葡萄酒
3.
n. - 袋, 麻袋, 粗布袋, 一袋
v. tr. - 裝...入袋, 解雇, 開除, 勝過
idioms:
- get the sack 被解僱
- give the sack 解僱
- hit the sack 就寢
- sack in 睡覺
- sack out 睡覺
한국어 (Korean)
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n. - 마대, (질긴) 종이 봉지, 품이 넓은 상의
v. tr. - ~자루에 넣다, ~을 해고하다, 차지하다
idioms:
- get the sack 해고당하다, 퇴짜맞다
- give the sack 해고하다, 퇴짜를 놓다
- hit the sack 잠자리에 들다, 자다
- sack in 잠자리에 들다, 잠들다
- sack out 잠자러 가다
2.
v. tr. - (도시 등을) 약탈하다, 노략질하다
n. - (점령지의) 약탈, 강탈, 색
3.
n. - 색이 있는 술 (16-17 세기에 영국으로 수입된 백포도주의 일종)
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大袋, 一袋, 寝袋, 買い物袋, 解雇, 略奪, サック酒
v. - 袋に入れる, 解雇する, 略奪する
idioms:
- got the sack 首になる
- hit the sack 床につく, 寝る
- sack in/out 寝る
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) صرف من الخدمه, كيس (فعل) يصرف من الخدمه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שק, סל-נייר, פיטורים, מעיל רחב
v. tr. - פיטר
v. tr. - שדד, בזז
n. - ביזה, שוד
n. - יין לבן יבש
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