sack 1. n. a bed. I was so tired I could
hardly find my sack. Somebody put a
spider in my sack. 2. tv. to dismiss some-
one from employment; to fire someone.
The boss sacked the whole office staff
last week. If I do that again, they’ll sack
me. 3. thesack n. a dismissal. (Always
with the in this sense.) The boss gave
them all the sack. The sack is what I am
afraid of. 4. tv. to tackle someone in foot-
ball. I tried to sack him, but he was too
fast. Sack that guy or else! 5. n. the
completion of a tackle in football.
Andy made the sack on the ten-yard line.
Who failed to make the sack?
sacked outmod. asleep. Mary is sacked
out in her room. Here it is ten o’clock,
and you are still sacked out!
sack outin. to go to bed or go to sleep. (See
also sacked out.) It’s time for me to
sack out. Let’s sack out early tonight.
sack ratn. someone who spends a lot of
time in bed; someone who does not ever
seem to get enough sleep. Tom is such
a sack rat. He can’t seem to get enough
sleep. Mary is such a sack rat that she
misses classes.
sack time 1. n. a period of time spent in
bed. I need more sack time than most
people. How much sack time do you get?
- n. time to go to bed. Okay, gang, it’s
sack time. Go home so I can get some sleep!
When is sack time around here?
sacred mushroomsGo to magic mush-
rooms.
sadmod. poor; undesirable. This is a sad
excuse for a car! That was a sad pitch
there at the end of the last inning. This
steak is really sad.
saddled with someone or something
mod. burdened with someone or some-
thing. I’ve been saddled with the chil-
dren all day. Let’s go out tonight. I don’t
want to be saddled with your work.sad sackn. a sad person; a listless or de-
pressed person. Tom always looks like
such a sad sack. Who is that sad sack
moping in the corner?sail into someone and light into some-
onein. to beat or scold someone.
Jimmy’s mother really sailed into him for
breaking the window. Jimmy lit into the
cat for getting in the way.sail (right) through somethingin. to get
through something easily. I sailed
right through my homework. We
sailed through the examination with no
difficulty.saltn. a sailor. (Especially with old.) A
couple of salts came ashore and asked if
they could buy some beer. I’ve sailed a
little, but you could hardly call me an old
salt.salt and pepper 1. n. a black and white
police car. There is a salt and pepper
around the corner waiting for speeders.
There is a salt and pepper behind you, and
it’s too late to slow down. 2. mod. inter-
racial, including black and white. It
was sort of a salt and pepper meeting, with
representatives from all neighborhoods.
We achieved a salt and pepper agreement
that made everyone happy.salt horsen. corned or salted beef. We
had salt horse on toast for dinner. We
made spaghetti sauce with salt horse be-
cause that was the only meat we could find.