sack Význam & definícia

Význam sack v slovenčine

• 0 a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something:

  • The corn was stored in large sacks.

  • a sack of potatoes/coal/flour

  • a sack of groceries

• 1 a situation in which someone is removed from their job:

  • They gave him the sack for being late.

  • Two workers got the sack for fighting in the warehouse.

• 2 an attack on a building or town in which a lot of destruction is caused and many valuable things are stolen:

  • The sack of Rome by the Visigoths occurred in the fifth century.

• 3 in American football, an attack on the quarterback that prevents him from throwing the ball:

  • The Colts have allowed only six sacks this season.

• 4 bed:

  • It's late - I'm going to hit the sack (= go to bed).

  • He came home and found Judy and Brad in the sack (= in bed) together.

• 5 to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them:

  • They sacked her for being late.

  • He got sacked from his last job.

• 6 in American football, to attack the quarterback in order to prevent him from throwing the ball:

  • The quarterback was sacked only once and completed 16 out of 23 passes.

• 7 to attack a building or town, causing a lot of destruction and stealing many valuable things:

  • The invaders sacked every village they passed on their route.

• 8 a bag, or the amount contained in a bag:

  • plastic sacks

  • a sack of flour

• 9 (in football) to bring the other team’s quarterback to the ground before he can complete a play

• 10 to steal all the valuable things from a place and destroy it, usually during a war:

  • Villages were sacked and burned by the raiders.

• 11 a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something:

  • The corn was stored in large sacks.

  • a sack of sth The men carry 100-pound sacks of coffee on their backs.

• 12 a strong paper or plastic bag used to carry things bought in a food store:

  • a sack of groceries

• 13 a situation in which you are told by your employer that you must leave your job, especially because you have done something wrong:

  • get the sack If I don't do the job right, I'll get the sack.

  • give sb the sack Her repeated unexplained absences led her manager to give her the sack.

  • face the sack

  • earn sb the sack The company's poor sales figures finally earned Miller the sack.

• 14 to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong:

  • Walters was the first of the senior staff to be sacked by the new editor.

  • Do shareholders have the right to sack the entire board of directors?