A sack usually refers to a rectangular-shaped
bag.
Sack may also refer to:
Bags
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Flour sack
A flour sack or flour bag is a bag or sack for flour. Large bulk bags as well as smaller consumer sizes are available.
Description
A flour sack or flour bag is a bag or sack for flour. Sacks range in size and material.
Package types
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Gunny sack
A burlap sack or gunny sack, also known as a gunny shoe, hessian sack or tow sack, is an inexpensive bag, traditionally made of fibres which are also known as "tow," such as hessian fabric (burlap) formed from jute, hemp or other natural fibre ...
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Hacky sack
A footbag is a small, round bag usually filled with plastic pellets or sand, which is kicked into the air as part of a competitive game or as a display of dexterity. "Hacky Sack" is the name of a brand of footbag popular in the 1970s (currently o ...
, sport
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Money sack
A money bag (or money sack) is a bag normally used to hold and transport coins and banknotes, often closed with a drawstring.[Paper sack
A paper sack is a packaging type that can be constructed of one or several layers of high quality kraft paper, usually produced from virgin fibre. Paper sacks can also be referred to as industrial paper bags, industrial paper sacks or multi-wall ...]
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Sleeping bag
A sleeping bag is an insulated covering for a person, essentially a lightweight quilt that can be closed with a zipper or similar means to form a tube, which functions as lightweight, portable bedding in situations where a person is sleeping o ...
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Stuff sack A stuff sack is a type of drawstring bag, usually used for storing camping items. Stuff sacks are commonly used for the storage of sleeping bags, which are then stuffed into the bag, rather than rolled or folded. Stuff sacks may also be used as gene ...
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Knapsack
A backpack—also called knapsack, schoolbag, rucksack, rucksac, pack, sackpack, booksack, bookbag or backsack—is, in its simplest frameless form, a fabric sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders ...
Other uses
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Bed
A bed is an item of furniture that is used as a place to sleep, rest, and relax.
Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame. The mattress rests either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many beds ...
, a slang term
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Sack (band), an Irish band
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Sack (comics)
Morlocks are a group of Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are usually depicted as being associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Chris ...
, a Marvel Comics villain
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Sack (surname) Sack is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* August Friedrich Wilhelm Sack (1703–1786), German Reformed preacher and theologian
* Simon Heinrich Sack (1723–1791), German Privy Councillor to Frederick II of Prussia
* Friedrich S ...
, a surname
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Sack (unit)
The sack (abbreviation: sck.) was an English unit of weight or mass used for coal and wool. It has also been used for other commodities by weight, commodities by volume, and for both weight and volume in the United States.
Wool
The wool sack or wo ...
, an English unit of weight or mass used for coal and wool
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Sack (wine)
Sack is an antiquated wine term referring to white fortified wine imported from mainland Spain or the Canary Islands. , a type of white fortified wine
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Sack, Zurich, a village in the Swiss canton of Zurich
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Sacks (surname) Sacks is a German surname meaning "man from Saxony" and may refer to:
* Alan Sacks, US television producer
* Andrew Sacks, US attorney
* C. Jared Sacks, US founder of Channel Classics Records
* David O. Sacks (b. 1972), South Africa-born US internet ...
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Sackcloth
Sackcloth ( ''śaq'') is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the ''Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible'' remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the ...
(Hebrew ''sak''), a fabric mentioned in the Bible
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Selective acknowledgement
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite. It originated in the initial network implementation in which it complemented the Internet Protocol (IP). Therefore, the entire suite is commonly ...
(SACK), in computer networking
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Ball sack
The scrotum or scrotal sac is an anatomical male reproductive structure located at the base of the penis that consists of a suspended dual-chambered sac of skin and smooth muscle. It is present in most terrestrial male mammals. The scrotum cont ...
, slang for scrotum
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Dismissal (employment)
Dismissal (also called firing) is the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee. Though such a decision can be made by an employer for a variety of reasons, ranging from an economic downturn to performance-related ...
, slang term for being fired
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Looting
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. ...
, the indiscriminate taking of goods by force, particularly during war
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Quarterback sack
In gridiron football, a sack occurs when the quarterback (or another offensive player acting as a passer) is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before throwing a forward pass, when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in th ...
, tackling the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage in American and Canadian football
* Sack ''jacket'', another term for a
lounge jacket
A suit jacket, also called a lounge jacket, lounge coat or suit coat, is a jacket in classic menswear that is part of a suit.
Single and double-breasted
Most single-breasted suit jackets have two or three buttons, and one or four buttons are unus ...
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Sack of Rome (disambiguation) Sack of Rome may refer to:
Historical events
* Sack of Rome (390 BC) after the Battle of the Allia, by Brennus, king of the Senone Gauls
*Sack of Rome (410), by Visigoths under Alaric I
*Sack of Rome (455), by Vandals under Genseric
*Sack of Rome ( ...
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Sacking out {{unreferenced, date=July 2009
Sacking out is a method used by horse trainers to desensitize a horse to potentially frightening situations or objects. It is a process that, done properly, teaches a horse to not fear certain objects or situations, ...
, horse-training method
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Sad Sack
''Sad Sack'' is an American comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II. Set in the United States Army, ''Sad Sack'' depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and ...
'', American fictional comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. George Baker during World War II
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Sock (disambiguation)
A sock is a piece of clothing worn on the foot.
Sock(s) may also refer to:
People
* Jack Sock (born 1992), an American tennis player
* Wilfried Sock (born 1944), an East German former ice hockey player
* Socks Seibold (1896-1965), a Major L ...
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Sach, a Vietnamese ethnic group
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