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sack out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
sack- out
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

sacks out (present, singular) sacking out (participle, present) sacked out (participle, past) sacked out (past)

Frequently Paired Words

sack

Synonyms

drop off doze off fall asleep go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack go to sleep retire

Questions

What does sack out mean?
To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.
Where does sack out come from?
Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack, with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“tackle, pillage”, verb), and to sock (“hit, slam”, verb), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.

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