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sacked

sacked is the simple past and past participle of sack.

sacked is the simple past and past participle of sac.

Adjective

sacked (comparative more sacked, superlative most sacked)

  1. (Australia, slang) Bothered; willing to make an effort.
    • I can't be sacked to get out of bed today.
    • We asked John if he wanted to come down the pub with us, but he couldn't be sacked.
    Synonyms:
    fucked, arsed
  2. (UK, informal) fired from employment

Meaning of sack

Verb

sack (third-person singular simple present sacks, present participle sacking, simple past and past participle sacked)

  1. (transitive) To put in a sack or sacks.
    • Help me sack the groceries.
  2. (transitive) To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
  3. (transitive) To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
    • The barbarians sacked Rome in 410 CE.
    Synonyms:
    loot, ransack
  4. (transitive) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
    • On third down, the rejuvenated Rickey Jackson stormed in over All-Pro left tackle Richmond Webb to sack Marino yet again for a 2-yard loss.1995, John Crumpacker and Gwen Knapp, "Sack-happy defensive line stuns Dolphins", SFGate.com, November 21
  5. (informal, transitive) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
    • He was sacked last September.
  6. (Australia, slang, transitive) To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
    • Sack the homework.
    Synonyms:
    fuck, forget, screw

See all 19 meanings of sack

Meaning of sac

Verb

sac (third-person singular simple present sacs, present participle sacking or saccing, simple past and past participle sacked or sacced)

  1. (informal, transitive) To sacrifice.
    • Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.

See all 5 meanings of sac

Synonyms of sacked

Forms of sacked

comparativemore sacked
superlativemost sacked

Words formed from sacked

Phrases with sacked

Questions about sacked

What does sacked mean?
Sacked means bothered; willing to make an effort.
What is sacked the simple past and past participle of?
Sacked is the simple past and past participle of sack.
What part of speech is sacked?
Sacked is an adjective.

Words near sacked in the dictionary

  1. sackcloath
  2. sackcloaths
  3. sackcloth
  4. sackclothed
  5. sackcloths
  6. sacked
  7. sacked off
  8. sacked out
  9. sacked up
  10. sackee
  11. sackees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacked (page history and authors); sack (page history and authors); sac (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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