sacking
n.
sackcloth, coarse fabric used to make sacks
sack
v.
dismiss from employment, fire; plunder, pillage; put in a sack, pack into a bag
Retransmission (data networks)
Sack
A sack is a
bag, especially a large one for carrying or storing goods. A sack is also slang for a person with a limited intellect.It can also refer to:
Sack (comics), Marvel Comics villain in their Gene Nation
Sack (band), an Irish bandA particularly sweet form of
meadSherry, called sack in the past
Looting, as a city after invasion
Termination of employment, slang in many Commonwealth countries
Scrotum (slang)
Bed (furniture) or
sleeping bag, as in “hitting the sack” (slang for going to bed)
Selective acknowledgement (SACK), in computer networkingA slang term for a
groin attackQuarterback sack, tackling the quarterback in American and Canadian footballAn obsolete Middle Age measurement of weight in England, equivalent to 26
stone (364 lb)
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sacking
Noun
1. coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
(synonym) bagging
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
(hyponym) burlap, gunny
(substance-meronym) jute
2. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
(synonym) dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack
(hypernym) termination, ending, conclusion
(hyponym) superannuation
(derivation) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
sack
Noun
1. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
(synonym) poke, paper bag, carrier bag
(hypernym) bag
(hyponym) doggie bag, doggy bag
2. an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
(synonym) pouch, sac, pocket
(hypernym) cavity, enclosed space
3. the quantity contained in a sack
(synonym) sackful
(hypernym) containerful
4. any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
(hypernym) white wine
5. a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
(synonym) sacque
(hypernym) jacket
6. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
(synonym) hammock
(hypernym) bed
7. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
(synonym) chemise, shift
(hypernym) dress, frock
8. the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"
(hypernym) plundering, pillage, pillaging
(derivation) plunder
9. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
(synonym) dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sacking
(hypernym) termination, ending, conclusion
(hyponym) superannuation
(derivation) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, force out, give the sack, terminate
Verb
1. plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
(synonym) plunder
(hypernym) take
(entail) destroy, ruin
2. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
(synonym) fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, force out, give the sack, terminate
(hypernym) remove
(hyponym) retire
(derivation) dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sacking
3. make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
(synonym) net, sack up, clear
(hypernym) profit, gain, benefit
(verb-group) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
4. put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"
(hypernym) encase, incase, case
(see-also) net, sack up, clear
(derivation) sackful
Sacking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sack
(n.)
Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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sacking
Synonyms and related words:
assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying waste, looting, marauding, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plundering, raid, raiding, ransacking, rape, rapine, ravage, ravagement, ravaging, ravishment, razzia, reiving, rifling, riot, rioting, sack, slaughter, sowing with salt, spoiling, spoliation, unruliness, violation
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.