Browsing page 1 of words meaning to fire, dismiss (9 words total)

verb - ambitransitive

• to reduce the number of people employed in an organization or company to the point that there are no longer enough to carry out the work effectively. From "dumb" + "downsize".
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  Last edited on Mar 21 2011. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Jan 03 2011.

verb

• to be fired.

  The whole division got the ax.

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  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb

• to be fired from a job.
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  Last edited on Oct 08 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• testicles. Sentence implies to be masculine and not feminine.

  Get a sack and go ask her out.

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  Last edited on Nov 12 2001. Submitted by Hoss C. from Montrose, CO, USA on Nov 12 2001.

• a bag containing illegal drugs.

  I'll buy a sack.

  Can I get a $20 sack?

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  Last edited on Jun 19 2010. Submitted by Theodor C. on Jan 22 2002.

• bed, in the phrase "hit the sack."

  Last edited on Aug 31 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

verb - transitive

• to dismiss from a job; "fire".

                                                                                           
  
                                                                                                                                                              
  
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  Last edited on Dec 30 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

noun

• a can that holds shit.

  Be careful when you walk over there, I wouldn't want you to dump the shitcan.

  Last edited on Oct 27 2011. Submitted by Pazuzu from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Nov 11 2009.

verb - transitive

• to throw away; discard; dispose of.

  We need to shitcan this design and start over.

  His ideas were shit-canned in favor of someone else's.

  Last edited on Oct 27 2011. Submitted by Patrick from Austin, TX, USA on Jun 18 1998.

• to fire from a job.

  I got shitcanned last week.

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  Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

adjective

• crazy.

  She is whack.

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  Last edited on Sep 06 1997. Submitted by Greg Dowd from New York, NY, USA on Sep 06 1997.

• of poor quality.

  That was some whack Ecstasy.

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  Last edited on Sep 06 1997. Submitted by Greg Dowd from New York, NY, USA on Sep 06 1997.

• displeasing or undesirable.

  I can't believe she would do that to you! That's pretty whack.

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  Last edited on Sep 06 1997. Submitted by Greg Dowd from New York, NY, USA on Sep 06 1997.

other

• several; many.

  I brought home a whack of new CDs.

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  Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 07 2011.

verb - transitive

• to lay off or fire (dismiss from a job.)

  The entire department got whacked before the earnings report.

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  Last edited on Dec 21 2010. Submitted by Bill H from Chantilly, VA, USA on Nov 12 2002.

• to kill.

                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
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  Last edited on Jan 13 2012. Submitted by Sam B. from Winnipeg, MB, Canada on Apr 11 2006.