SACKING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sacking" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sacking"):

superannuation (the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension))

conge; congee (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)

removal (dismissal from office)

deactivation; inactivation (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))

honorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record)

dishonorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder))

Section Eight (a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable)

Derivation:

sack (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

Meaning:

Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

Synonyms:

bagging; sacking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sacking" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Meronyms (substance of "sacking"):

jute (a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sacking"):

burlap; gunny (coarse jute fabric)

-ing form of the verb sack