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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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Meaning of "sacking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SACKING

sacking  [ˈsækɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SACKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sacking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SACKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sack

A sack is a bag, especially a large one for carrying or storing goods. Variants include: ▪ Money sack ▪ Stuff sack ▪ Gunny sack Sack may also refer to: ▪ Quarterback sack, a tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage in American and Canadian football ▪ Sack, an Irish band ▪ Sack, a Marvel Comics villain ▪ Sack, a surname ▪ Sack, a type of white fortified wine ▪ Sack, Zurich, a village in the Swiss canton of Zurich ▪ A particularly sweet form of mead ▪ Slang for scrotum ▪ Bed or sleeping bag, as in the phrase 'hitting the sack' ▪ Selective acknowledgement, in computer networking ▪ An obsolete Middle Age measurement of weight in England equivalent to 26 stone; more recently it was used as a unit of dry measure, equivalent to three bushels ▪ Sackcloth, a garment of mourning or humility mentioned frequently in the Bible. Sack, as a verb, may refer to: ▪ To dismiss/fire/terminate an employee from a job ▪ To loot, usually in the context of war ▪ All pages beginning with "sack of", various places throughout history have been sacked ▪ Sack of Rome...

Definition of sacking in the English dictionary

The definition of sacking in the dictionary is coarse cloth used for making sacks, woven from flax, hemp, jute, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SACKING


attacking
əˈtækɪŋ
backing
ˈbækɪŋ
backpacking
ˈbækpækɪŋ
barebacking
ˈbeəbækɪŋ
cracking
ˈkrækɪŋ
fast-tracking
ˈfɑːstˌtrækɪŋ
fracking
ˈfrækɪŋ
hacking
ˈhækɪŋ
hijacking
ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ
hopsacking
ˈhɒpˌsækɪŋ
meatpacking
ˈmiːtpækɪŋ
packing
ˈpækɪŋ
racking
ˈrækɪŋ
ransacking
ˈrænsækɪŋ
smacking
ˈsmækɪŋ
stacking
ˈstækɪŋ
tacking
ˈtækɪŋ
tracking
ˈtrækɪŋ
unpacking
ʌnˈpækɪŋ
whacking
ˈwækɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SACKING

sack
sack dress
sack race
sack racing
sackable
sackage
sackbut
sackcloth
sackcloth and ashes
sacker
sackful
sackless
sacklike
sackload
Sacks
Sackville
Sackville-West
sacless
saclike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SACKING

banking
blocking
checking
clicking
docking
fucking
kicking
knocking
lacking
licking
locking
mocking
overclocking
picking
rocking
shocking
stocking
sucking
trafficking
trucking
wrecking

Synonyms and antonyms of sacking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SACKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sacking» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sacking

Translation of «sacking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SACKING

Find out the translation of sacking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sacking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sacking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗麻布
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arpillera
570 millions of speakers

English

sacking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्खास्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إقالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

увольнение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

demissão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বরখাস্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toile à sac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemecatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sackleinen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粗麻布
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 거친 천
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sacking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cướp giựt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலுக்கியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कापड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağmalama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tela da sacco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

workowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звільнення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

concedierea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεηλασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afdanking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avskedande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plyndringen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sacking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SACKING»

The term «sacking» is regularly used and occupies the 55.892 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SACKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sacking

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3 QUOTES WITH «SACKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sacking.
1
Gaines Adams
I love getting after that quarterback! That's my deal: sacking the quarterback.
2
Jon Lee Anderson
I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.
3
Eddie Campbell
They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SACKING»

Discover the use of sacking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sacking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sacking the Stork
Written by two sisters who live on opposite sides of the world, Sacking the Stork is a novel which tackles the balancing of motherhood, romance and a career, while managing to be seriously funny.
Kris Webb, Kathy Wilson, 2007
2
Sacking the Citadel: The History, Theory and Practice of the ...
More amazing still, he recorded the idea! This book chronicles the history of that idea, what many have come to call the Classic Bishop sacrifice, from its discovery and formative years through its remarkably complex uses in modern chess.
Jon Edwards, 2011
3
Sacking Obesity: The Team Tiger Game Plan for Kids Who Want ...
Sacking Obesity: The Team Tiger Game Plan for Kids Who Want to Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Win on and off the Playing Field gives young people—and some grown-ups, too—a simple game plan for better living.
Tiger Greene, 2012
4
Sacking Aladdin's Cave: Plundering Göring's Nazi War Trophies
Near the close of World War II, two hell-bent-for-leather American units moved relentlessly toward the village of Berchtesgaden, nestled in the Bavarian Alps.
Kenneth D. Alford, 2013
5
Campus Cravings: Sacking the Quarterback
But will therapy be enough when the past comes back to threaten Julian in person? This book is best read in sequence as part of a series See the book trailer for this story here"
Carol Lynne, 2007
6
Crime and the sacking of America: the roots of chaos
A brilliantly argued expose traces America's crime problems to a failed paradigm that puts individual rights over those of the community, a misinterpretation by both the extreme right and left of the ideas of the great philosophers.
Andrew Peyton Thomas, 1994
7
Incursion: From America's Chokehold on the Nva Lifelines to ...
An eyewitness account of the invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War describes the operation, the strategy behind the campaign, and the results of the invasion from the perspective of a participant. Reprint.
J. D. Coleman, 1992
8
The Sacking
The Sacking shows how one's sacking can change the way people think about how they live, what they want, and what they believe forever.
Lim Han Ming, 2013
9
Starting the Colt
The terms "sacking out" and "breaking a colt" have suffered the same fate. Those who do them properly use these terms and think nothing of it. Those who have seen these things done improperly abhor the terms as well as the improper ...
Mary Twelveponies, 1992
10
Sacking of Lawrence
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SACKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sacking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reddit boss apologises after staff sacking causes 'revolt'
Bosses at Reddit say they are sorry for the way they "handled the transition" after the online community protested about the sacking of a popular employee. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Nigel Pearson: Leicester boss's sacking linked to son's actions
Nigel Pearson's sacking by Leicester was linked to his son's role in a racist sex tape in the owners' homeland of Thailand, the BBC has learned. Pearson's son ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
3
Malthouse sacking explained
DURING his 17-year AFL career, Matthew Richardson played under five coaches and was at Richmond when Robert Walls and Terry Wallace departed ... «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
4
Six Mick blues that led to sacking
HOW did things turn so sour, so fast for the game's longest serving AFL coach? We look at the six mistakes that led to Mick getting the sack. 1. EXPECTATION ... «Fox Sports, May 15»
5
Scott McIntyre sues SBS over sacking after controversial Anzac Day …
Sacked SBS presenter Scott McIntyre is suing the government broadcaster for discrimination, claiming his controversial comments about Anzac Day represented ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
6
Peter Moores sacking was not 'kneejerk' - Colin Graves
Reports of the sacking emerged on Friday before it was confirmed the next day, after Andrew Strauss's appointment as new national director of cricket. "It seems ... «BBC Sport, May 15»
7
ECB's handling of Peter Moores' sacking was disgraceful
I am not the biggest fan of Peter Moores as a coach but I like him as a person and the only word I can use for the way his sacking was handled is disgraceful. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
8
Sacking of Tikrit district highlights Iraq tensions
The sacking of an entire neighbourhood, allegedly carried out in a spirit of revenge, highlights the sectarian dangers in Iraq's attempt to rid the country of Isis ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
9
What I learned from sacking 100 employees and losing $1.5 million
Vitaliy Rizhkov is the founder of Finic, which helps turn your memories into art. He is running the startup with 100 percent transparency sharing every little detail ... «The Next Web, Apr 15»
10
Man City boss Pellegrini says sacking managers not the answer
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini claims clubs should not see sacking the manager as a cure for their problems. Pellegrini's position has come under ... «BBC Sport, Apr 15»

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