Firing
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To set (something, often a building) on fire.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery. The fuel for a fire. The discharge of a gun or other weapon. The dismissal of someone from a job.
Example sentence: The Barrow Administration, with its misguided philosophy of big government wanting to own or control every facet of economic activity in Belize, has depressed and squeezed out the private sector. The inevitable result is mass firing of workers, foreclosures, and downsizing.
Sack
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.Loot or booty obtained by pillage.A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense3 below.One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense4 below.Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.(also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.The scrotum.A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To put in a sack or sacks.To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.To discharge from a job or position; to fire.In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
Example sentence: Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.