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"SACKS" is a plural of: sack. |
Date "SACKS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonym: SACKSSynonym: Bags. (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What is in those sacks they are carrying? (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; writing credit: Jules Verne; Earl Felton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Two Sacks of Potatoes (1913) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sacks of anchovy fishmeal at Los Ferroles fishmeal plant. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Sacks and drums of pesticides are neatly stored in a warehouse. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Men filling sacks with Nitrate of Soda] / [USDA photo]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | New invention for dropping airmail sacks to earth from speeding plane. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Laborers piling filled sacks at shorelines. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A.C. James home "Suprise Valley", men loading sacks of grain from truck in courtyard into second floor doorway of barn , Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Rhode Island--Newport--A.C. James home "Suprise Valley", men loading sacks of grain from truck in courtyard into second floor doorway of barn. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | In Aroostock, the farmer speaks of his potatoes in terms of barrels rather than bushels or sacks. Truckload of barrels near Washburn, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Migrant asleep early in the morning on potato sacks in grader at Camden, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Wright Hendricks storing home-dried prunes in sugar sacks. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | There are 5 sacks, of which Nos. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The back seat was piled nearly to the ceiling with sacks, with pots and pans, and on the very top, right up against the ceiling, two boys rode. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Using the then-experimental drug levodopa, Dr. Sacks was able to temporarily "awaken" these patients from their statue-like state. (references) | |
Economic History | Pakistan | The industry's main products are jute sacks and hessian cloth. (references) |
Trade | Colombia | No import licenses are being approved for the following: used vehicles and parts, used tires, used or irregular clothing, clothing closeouts, used bags and sacks, sacks of vegetable fibers, rags, and scrap cordage of textile material wastes. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SACKS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 87.18% of the time. "SACKS" is used about 312 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 87.18% | 272 | 17,812 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 7.05% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.77% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 312 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SACKS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sacks | Last name | 1,000 | 10,306 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SACKS": bed-sacks, comb-sacks, flour-sacks, malt-sacks, potato-sacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SACKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sæk med tomme sække (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | (een)baal zakken (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tyhjiä pusseja sisältävä pussi (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pochée de sacs vides (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Säcke (bags, bursas, sackfuls). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιέκτης κενών σάκκων (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsákfutás (jumping in sacks, sack race). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sacchi (sackfuls). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seick, saic. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackssay mala de sacos vazios (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags), lote de malas vazias (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) saca de sacas vacías (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) tomsäckskolli (bag of empty sacks, sack of empty bags). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 44, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eneteilato iwshf tw onti epi thV oikiaV autou legwn plhsate touV marsippouV twn anqrwpwn brwmatwn osa ean dunwntai arai kai embalate ekastou to argurion epi tou stomatoV tou marsippou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Praecepit autem Ioseph dispensatori domus suae dicens imple saccos eorum frumento quantum possunt capere et pone pecuniam singulorum in summitate sacci |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Joseph forsothe comaundide to the dispensatour of his hows, seiynge, Fille the sackis of hem with whete, as myche as thei mowen take, and ley the money of eche in the cop of her sak; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he commaunded the rueler of his house saynge: fyll the mens sackes with food as moch as they can carie |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 44, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | Ug nagsugo si Jose sa tinugyanan sa iyang balay, nga nagaingon: Pun-a ang mga baluyot niining mga tawohana sa mga makaon, kutob sa arang nila nga madala, ug ibutang ang salapi sa tagsatagsa sa baba sa iyang baluyot. |
| Croatian | Onda Josip naredi upravitelju svoga kuæanstva: "Napuni vreæe ovih ljudi hranom koliko mogu ponijeti, a novac svakog stavi u grlo njegove vreæe. |
| Danish | Derefter befalede han sin Hushovmester: "Fyld Mændenes Sække med Korn, så meget de kan have med sig, og læg hvers Pengesum oven i hans Sæk |
| Dutch | En hij gebood dengene, die over zijn huis was, zeggende: Vul de zakken dezer mannen met spijze, naar dat zij zullen kunnen dragen, en leg ieders mans geld in den mond van zijn zak; |
| Finnish | Sen jälkeen Joosef käski huoneenhaltijaansa sanoen: "Täytä miesten säkit viljalla, niin paljon kuin he voivat kuljettaa, ja pane itsekunkin raha hänen säkkinsä suuhun. |
| French | Joseph donna cet ordre l`intendant de sa maison: Remplis de vivres les sacs de ces gens, autant qu`ils en pourront porter, et mets l`argent de chacun l`entrée de son sac. |
| German | Und Joseph befahl seinem Haushalter und sprach: Fülle den Männern ihre Säcke mit Speise, soviel sie führen können, lege jeglichem sein Geld oben in seinen Sack; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sementara itu Yusuf memerintahkan kepada kepala rumah tangganya, "Isilah karung orang-orang itu dengan gandum, sebanyak yang dapat mereka bawa, dan masukkan uang masing-masing ke dalam karungnya, di atas gandum itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Arakian, maka Yusufpun berpesanlah kepada pemerintah rumahnya, katanya: Isikanlah karung segala orang ini dengan makanan, sekira-kira dapat dibawa oleh mereka itu, dan bubuhlah uang masing-masing di mulut karungnya. |
| Italian | Diede poi questo ordine al maggiordomo della sua casa: «Riempi i sacchi di quegli uomini di tanti viveri quanti ne possono contenere e metti il denaro di ciascuno alla bocca del suo sacco. |
| Maori | ¶ Na ka whakahau ia ki te kaitohutohu o tona whare, ka mea, Whakakiia nga peke a aua tangata ki nga kai e taea te whawhao ki roto, me maka ano te moni a tenei, a tenei, ki te waha o tana peke. |
| Norwegian | Siden bød han den som forestod hans hus: Fyll mennenes sekker med korn så meget de kan føre, og legg enhvers penger øverst i hans sekk! |
| Portuguese | Depois José deu ordem ao despenseiro de sua casa, dizendo: Enche de mantimento os sacos dos homens, quanto puderem levar, e põe o dinheiro de cada um na boca do seu saco. |
| Rumanian | Iosif a dat urmqtoarea poruncq economului casei lui: ,,Umple cu merinde sacii oamenilor acestora, ckt vor putea sq ducq, wi pune argintul fiecqruia la gura sacului squ. |
| Swedish | Josef prövar sina bröder. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SACKS": sacksful. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SACKS": coalsacks, cossacks, gripsacks, gunnysacks, haversacks, hopsacks, knapsacks, packsacks, ransacks, rucksacks, woolsacks. (additional references) | |
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"SACKS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Isack, Isacks, Sacasa, sacch, Sadko, sais, sarks, saskes, scakes, sccs, sechs, Secka, secms, secus, Secys, siccus, sickos, sicks, Spacks, zack, Zacks, zaks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SACKS" (pronounced sa"ks) |
| 4 | s a" k s | sacs, sax. |
| 3 | -a" k s | antitax, attacks, ax, axe, backs, blacks, cracks, fax, flax, hacks, jacks, knacks, lacks, lax, macks, Macs, Max, packs, pacs, Pax, plaques, pretax, quacks, racks, rax, relax, shacks, slacks, smacks, snacks, stacks, tacks, tax, tracks, wacks, wax, whacks. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: casks. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-s-s" | |
-1 letter: asks, cask, sack, sacs, skas. | |
-2 letters: ask, ass, kas, sac, ska. | |
-3 letters: as, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-k-s-s" | |
+1 letter: shacks, slacks, smacks, snacks, stacks. | |
+2 letters: caskets, cassock, cossack, hassock, jackass, sackers, screaks, seasick, shackos, shicksa, skycaps. | |
+3 letters: backless, backsaws, backsets, bucksaws, cassocks, cossacks, hacksaws, hassocks, hopsacks, mossback, packness, ransacks, restacks, rickshas, sackbuts, sackfuls, sackings, sacksful, sawbucks, seacocks, setbacks, shackles, shackoes, shicksas, sickbays, skyjacks, slackens, slackers, slackest, smackers, spackles, stackers, stackups, tackless, unstacks, waesucks. | |
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