sac

noun
/sæk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)bor. Latin saccus Old French sac French sacbor. English sac Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos.

  1. derived from sac

Definitions

  1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

  2. To sacrifice.

    • Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
    • I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
  3. A sacrifice.

    • Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
  4. + 8 more definitions
    1. The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes,…

      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.

      • 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.
    2. Acronym of senior aircraftman.

    3. Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”).

    4. Abbreviation of Sacramento.

    5. Acronym of Strategic Air Command.

    6. Acronym of surface air consumption.

    7. Alternative form of Sauk.

    8. The city of Sacramento, California, United States.

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