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sav | sac |

As nouns the difference between sav and sac

is that sav is a saveloy while sac is a bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

As an adjective sav

is a shorter form of savage|lang=en (unpleasant or unfair).

As a verb sac is

(sacrifice v) To sacrifice.

As an acronym SAC is

acronym of :w:senior aircraftman|senior aircraftman|lang=en.

As a proper noun Sac is

an alternative form of Sauk|lang=en.

sav

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of saveloy.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A saveloy.
  • * 1982 , , NZ, Predicament , The Dunmore Press, page 68,
    • “Well, I don?t know what you?ll think. I?m only saying this to show what you?ve all done for me, but last Christmas dinner I had cold savs .”
    There was silence and then Mervyn added with a break in his voice, “Saveloys .”
  • * 2007 , Gilda O'Neill, Rough Justice , William Heinemann, UK, page 397,
    • ‘Your turn today, Lil,’ he said. ‘Fish and chips for me. No, wait, I?ll have savs , faggots and pease pudding.’
  • * 2008 , Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in Australia , Crimson Publishing, UK, page 176,
    • The menu of the average fish and chip shop will also offerbattered savs /Pluto pups (these are basically saveloy sausages with a fried batter on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup) as well as a choice of homemade marinated pickles.
    Synonyms
    * (saveloy) saveloy * (type of sausage) frank, frankfurt, frankfurter, hot dog, sausage
    Derived terms
    * battered sav * cocktail sav * fair suck of the sav

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of savage.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, slang, informal) (unpleasant or unfair).

    • See also

    * cab sav

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    sac

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sac.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
    • Derived terms
    * vocal sac

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of sacrifice.

    Verb

  • (senseid)(transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.
    • Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
    I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)(transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.
    • Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

    Etymology 3

    See sake, soc.

    Noun

  • (UK, legal, obsolete) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
    • (Cowell)

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