sacked

¹

[ sakt ]

adjective

1. Informal. dismissed or discharged from a job:

   The company was forced to recognize union rights and reinstate the sacked workers.

2. Football. (of the quarterback) tackled behind the line of scrimmage before being able to throw a pass:

   We've all seen it and winced—the sacked quarterback who can't get up.

3. put into a sack or sacks:

   The creek channel is constrained by the sacked concrete used to reinforce both of its banks in the 1950s.

   I let him push the cart with my sacked groceries out to my parked car.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sack ¹.

sacked

²

[ sakt ]

adjective

1. destroyed or pillaged, as after capture:

   In the 13th century, Nicaea was a haven for refugees from the sacked city of Constantinople.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sack ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of sacked¹

First recorded in 1880–85; 1930–35 sacked ¹fordef 1; sack ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; sack ¹( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

Origin of sacked²

First recorded in 1590–1600; sack ²( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; sack ²( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Example Sentences

The Hoosiers have the nation’s highest interception rate and the conference’s highest sack rate.

From FiveThirtyEight

I peeled it from the ground with my paring knife and placed it into my netted, purple sack, which once housed grocery-store red onions.

From Eater

Curl, a rookie seventh-round pick who was making his first start at safety in place of the injured Landon Collins, had a couple of big hits on Jones, including a key sack that forced a punt in the final minutes.

From Washington Post

Six plays after Sims’s big gain, the drive stalled because of a sack.

From Washington Post

Allen usually had ample time, and the sacks mostly came on plays when he held the ball for a long time or was executing a run-pass option.

From Washington Post

On Friday, she sacked Roger Goodell, basically asking: “Hey Commissioner, ever hear of double-jeopardy?”

From The Daily Beast

A medical examiner who would confuse the two of them should be sacked.

From The Daily Beast

Wilson was sacked 44 times in just 458 attempts, or once in about every 10 drop backs.

From The Daily Beast

The NCAA wants to kill collective bargaining for “student-athletes” in the crib before its lucrative business model get sacked.

From The Daily Beast

The sacked employee had then spent months planning the vengeful act on his ex-boss.

From The Daily Beast

One of these bands sacked the Turkish town of Arta, in Epirus slaughtering the inhabitants, and setting their houses on fire.

From Project Gutenberg

It seems that so much of my purpose has come off, and Cedercrantz and Pilsach are sacked.

From Project Gutenberg

It was sacked on several occasions during the religious wars in the 16th century.

From Project Gutenberg

The church of the Carmelites, who were also suspected of some guilty knowledge of Warfuse's plot, was sacked.

From Project Gutenberg

The screen of the hearth of his forge was broken down; the storm had sacked and devastated his workshop.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• broken
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