sacking

Plural: sackings

Noun

• Coarse material used for making sacks.
• coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
• Firing or termination of an employee.

Verb

• plunder (a town) after capture
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• make as a net profit
• put in a sack
• present participle and gerund of sack

Examples

• He followed his sacking with a good drink.
• He knew that sacking away his ’Q’ for a better turn was often the wisest move.
• The farmer grabbed a handful of sacking and rubbed down the cow.

Synonyms

bagging, can, clear, discharge, dismiss, dismissal, dismission, displace, fire, firing, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, liberation, net, plunder, release, sack, sack up, send away, terminate

Antonyms

hire