English
sac
see also: SAC, Sac
Etymology

From the three first letters of one of the English - names for the language, viz.

Proper noun
  1. the ISO 639-3 code for the Fox language
Pronunciation Etymology 1

Borrowed from French sac.

Noun

sac (plural sacs)

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

sac (sacs, present participle sacking; simple past and past participle sacked)

  1. (transitive, informal, games) 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.
Noun

sac (plural sacs)

  1. (transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.
    Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
Etymology 3

See sake, soc.

Noun

sac

  1. (UK, legal, historical) 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.
SAC
Noun

sac (plural sacs)

  1. (military) Acronym of senior aircraftman
  2. Init of saeculum ante Christum
Proper noun
  1. (sports) Abbreviation of Sacramento
  2. (US, military) Acronym of Strategic Air Command
  3. (underwater diving) Acronym of surface air consumption
Related terms
  • MAC Military Airlift Command
  • TAC Tactical Air Command
Sac
Proper noun
  1. Alternative form of Sauk
Noun

sac (plural sacs)

  1. Alternative form of Sauk
Proper noun
  1. (informal) The city of Sacramento, California, United States.


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