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Sac
//sæk// name, noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Abbreviation of Sacramento. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 Alternative form of Sauk. alt-of, alternative
- 3 The city of Sacramento, California, United States. informal
- 4 Acronym of Strategic Air Command. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 5 Acronym of surface air consumption. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
- 1 A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
- 2 A sacrifice. informal, transitive
"Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik."
- 3 The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines; now used only in the phrase sac and soc or soc and sac. UK, historical
"But it is really the court-baron which represents the ancient assembly of the mark, while the court-leet represents the lord's jurisdiction of sac and soc, whether granted before or since the coming of William."
- 4 Acronym of senior aircraftman. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 5 Alternative form of Sauk. alt-of, alternative
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- 6 a structure resembling a bag in an animal wordnet
- 7 Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 8 a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay wordnet
- 9 a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule wordnet
- 10 an enclosed space wordnet
Verb
- 1 To sacrifice. informal, transitive
"Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos.
Etymology 2
Clipping of sacrifice.
Etymology 3
Clipping of sacrifice.
Etymology 4
See sake, soc.
Etymology 5
Clipping of Sacramento.
See also for "sac"
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