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Meaning of sacks
noun
- A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
noun
- (games) A sacrifice. Example: Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
verb
- (games) To sacrifice. Example: I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
noun
- The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
noun
- 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). Example: 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. Example: 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.
verb
- To put in a sack or sacks. Example: 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. Example: 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. Example: He was sacked last September.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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