zak

A bag or sack, typically a flexible container made of paper, plastic, cloth, or similar material.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sac, from Latin saccus, ultimately from Greek sakkos, probably of Semitic origin.

Collocations

A pocket in a piece of clothing, especially when used informally as a short form of broekzak or jaszak.

Etymology

Same word as the noun meaning “bag,” extended to mean a bag-like compartment in clothing.

Collocations

An unpleasant, stupid, or contemptible man; a jerk.

Etymology

A figurative and derogatory use of the noun zak, probably from the idea of a shapeless or worthless sack.

Collocations

First-person singular present or imperative form of zakken: to sink, drop, sag, or fail an examination.

Etymology

From the Dutch verb zakken, historically related to the noun zak in the sense of something hanging or sagging like a sack.

Collocations