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A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
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(games) A sacrifice.
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Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
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(games) To sacrifice.
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I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
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The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
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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.
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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).
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The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.
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The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
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The sack of Rome.
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Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
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A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense4 below.
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One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
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He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.
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Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense5 below.
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He got the sack for being late all the time.
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Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
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(also sacque) 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.
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A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
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The scrotum.
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He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.
verb
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To put in a sack or sacks.
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Help me sack the groceries.
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To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
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To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
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The barbarians sacked Rome.
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To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
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To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
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He was sacked last September.
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In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
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The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year’s Eve.
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A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.