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sacking

sacking noun: cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks). Also the present participle and gerund of sack.

Noun

sacking (countable and uncountable, plural sackings)

  1. (uncountable) Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
    • The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.
  2. (countable) Firing or termination of an employee.
    • He followed his sacking with a good drink.

Also used as

sacking is also the present participle and gerund of sack.

Examples of sacking in a sentence

  • Your refusal to carry out your duties resulted in your sacking.
  • Many people are unhappy with the sacking of the chief constable and demand his immediate reinstatement.
  • Email etiquette and the risky reply-all were highlighted as one Australian lawyer made a major email faux pas, leading to his sacking.

All 11 example sentences with sacking

Forms of sacking

pluralsackings

Plural of sacking: sackings

Words formed from sacking

Phrases with sacking

Questions about sacking

What does sacking mean?
Sacking means cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
What part of speech is sacking?
Sacking is a noun.
What is the plural of sacking?
The plural of sacking is sackings.

Words near sacking in the dictionary

  1. Sackeys
  2. sackful
  3. sackfuls
  4. sackhole
  5. sackholes
  6. sacking
  7. sacking off
  8. sacking out
  9. sacking up
  10. sackings
  11. Sackler

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