Sack
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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
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