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Sacked out

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sound asleep, usually from a healthy exhaustion. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "The kids are sacked out in the back seat."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of sack out form-of, participle, past

    "The kids sacked out in the back seat before we made it home."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack (“to lie down to sleep”), with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“to tackle, to pillage”), and to sock (“to hit, to slam”), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.

Etymology 2

Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack (“to lie down to sleep”), with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“to tackle, to pillage”), and to sock (“to hit, to slam”), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.

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