Definitions for sacking

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sacking sack·ing

Spelling: [sak-ing]

IPA: /ˈsæk ɪŋ/

Sacking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in sacking (acgikns).

Definitions for sacking

noun

1. stout, coarse woven material of hemp, jute, or the like, chiefly for sacks.
2. a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
3. the amount a sack holds.
4. a bag:
5. Slang. dismissal or discharge, as from a job:
6. Slang. bed:
7. Also, sacque. a loose-fitting dress, as a gown with a Watteau back, especially one fashionable in the late 17th century and much of the 18th century. a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.
8. Baseball. a base.
9. South Midland U.S. the udder of a cow.
10. the plundering of a captured place; pillage:

Idioms

1. hit the sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep:
2. leave holding the sack. bag (def 28).

Verb phrases

1. sack out, Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.

verb (used with object)

1. to put into a sack or sacks.
2. Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.
3. Slang. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.
4. to pillage or loot after capture; plunder:

Origin of sacking

First recorded in 1580-90; sack¹ + -ing¹

Examples for sacking

The sacking of Gotham is depicted largely in the form of a burlesque kangaroo court straight out of Terry Gilliam.

I had it at the sacking of Issodun, and the King himself hath not such a bed.

Arthur De Vany reports on how carb-laden snacks are sacking Americans' testosterone levels.

I had time to see everything about her—her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold.

I know he was thinking of sacking one of the subs, and he might take you on.

I would not for the sacking of London go through with it again.'

The sacking with which he was covered, and his legs, were thickly covered with snow.

The sacking of Bo Xilai is a pre-emptive move to ensure that the liberal line prevails in China, not the statist model.

But time will remember him most vividly for coining the term “sack,” as in “sacking the quarterback,” which he did a lot.

I wish I had the sacking of your town; I would repay you, my children!'