Sack
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A sack is a bag, especially a large one for carrying or storing goods.
It can also refer to:
- Sack (comics), Marvel Comics villain in their Gene Nation
- Sack (band), an Irish band
- A particularly sweet form of mead
- Sack (wine), an old term for white fortified wine such as Sherry
- Looting, as a city after invasion
- Termination of employment, slang in many Commonwealth countries
- Scrotum (slang)
- Bed (furniture) or sleeping bag, as in “hitting the sack” (slang for going to bed)
- Selective acknowledgement (SACK), in computer networking
- Quarterback sack, tackling the quarterback in American and Canadian football
- An obsolete Middle Age measurement of weight in England, equivalent to 26 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
[edit] See also
- Sad Sack, a comic strip/book character