Sack 81441 224529814 2008-07-09T07:34:29Z JKBrooks85 754489 modified football definition {{wiktionarypar|sack}} A '''sack''' is a [[bag]], especially a large one for carrying or storing goods. '''Sack''' can also mean, as a verb: * To [[Termination of employment|terminate employment]] * To [[Quarterback sack|tackle the quarterback]] behind the [[line of scrimmage]] in American and Canadian football * To [[Looting|loot]] '''Sack''' can mean, as a noun: * [[Scrotum]] * [[Sack (comics)|Sack]], a Marvel Comics villain * [[Sack (band)|Sack]], an Irish band * A particularly sweet form of [[mead]] * [[Sack (wine)|Sack]], a type of white fortified wine * [[Bed (furniture)]] or sleeping bag, as in the phrase 'hitting the sack' (going to bed) * [[Selective acknowledgement]] (SACK), in computer networking * An obsolete Middle Age measurement of weight in England, equivalent to 26 [[stone (weight)|stone]] (364 lb) '''People''' with the surname Sack include: * [[Brian Sack]], an American actor and humorist * [[Erna Sack]], a German opera singer (soprano) * [[John Sack]], an American journalist * [[Karl Sack]], a German jurist and member of the anti-Nazi resistance movement in World War II * [[Robert D. Sack]], an American judge ==See also== * [[Sad Sack]], a comic strip/book character {{disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[de:Sack (Begriffsklärung)]] [[it:Sack]]