Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sacked out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: sacked out
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sound asleep, usually from a healthy exhaustion.

verb

simple past and past participle of sack out

Example Sentences

"The kids are sacked out in the back seat."
"The kids sacked out in the back seat before we made it home."

Etymology

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

Frequently Paired Words

sack

Questions

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

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