# sacking

Pronunciation: say "SAK-ing" /ˈsækɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of sack. — present participle and gerund of sack
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of sack. Use it after "is" or "are," or to talk about doing the action.
   - _Raiders spent three days sacking the city and loading carts with its gold._
   - _The defense kept sacking the quarterback before he could find an open receiver._

## Noun

2. The dismissal of an employee from a job.
   - Simple: When an employer tells a worker that they no longer have a job.
   - _The coach's sacking was announced minutes after the final whistle._
   - _Union leaders called the sackings unfair and demanded that the workers be rehired._
3. Cheap, coarse cloth of the kind used for making sacks.
   - Simple: Cheap, rough cloth like the kind used to make big bags.
   - _The potatoes were piled in a corner under a sheet of damp sacking._
   - _She stuffed the scarecrow's body with straw and sewed it up in sacking._

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