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▸ noun: 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).
▸ noun: (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
▸ noun: (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
▸ noun: (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
▸ noun: (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
▸ noun: (colloquial, US, literally or figurative) Bed.
▸ noun: (dated) 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.
▸ noun: (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
▸ noun: (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
▸ noun: (Midland US) Any disposable bag.
▸ verb: To put in a sack or sacks.
▸ verb: To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
▸ verb: To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
▸ verb: (American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
▸ verb: (informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
▸ verb: (Australia, slang, transitive) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
▸ noun: (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
▸ noun: Dated form of sac (“pouch in a plant or animal”). [A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.]
▸ verb: Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”) [(transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.]
▸ noun: Alternative spelling of sac (“sacrifice”) [A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.]
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