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Synonyms for sack

Grammar : Verb
Spell : sak
Phonetic Transcription : sæk

Top 10 synonyms for sack
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Définition of sack

Origin :
  • "large bag," Old English sacc (West Saxon), sec (Mercian), sæc (Old Kentish) "large cloth bag," also "sackcloth," from Proto-Germanic *sakkiz (cf. Middle Dutch sak, Old High German sac, Old Norse sekkr, but Gothic sakkus probably is directly from Greek), an early borrowing from Latin saccus (also source of Old French sac, Spanish saco, Italian sacco), from Greek sakkos, from Semitic (cf. Hebrew saq "sack").
  • The wide spread of the word is probably due to the Biblical story of Joseph, in which a sack of corn figures (Gen. xliv). Baseball slang sense of "a base" is attested from 1913. Slang meaning "bunk, bed" is from 1825, originally nautical. The verb meaning "go to bed" is recorded from 1946. Sack race attested from 1805.
  • verb remove from position of responsibility
  • verb raid, plunder
Example sentences :
  • It is needless to say that Sack is the wine preferred by him.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • Andrew was barely in time to save the contents of the sack from her teeth.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He placed the sack absently in his pocket, still meditating other things.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Then am I to be thrown down, like a sack, when it pleases them to run?
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • If ever you lose it I'll never own you for a friend, and I'll get you the sack from any place you're working in.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Many a holder of a second mortgage has been left to hold the sack.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • I should get the sack if I were to let this sort of thing go into the paper.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The Grizzly was surprised; but he replied with a left-hander that knocked her over like a sack of hay.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • Then, turning, he left the other standing bewildered, with the sack in his hands.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • Then Robin Hood gave the sack of silver back to the Sheriff.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Antonyms for sack

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