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zak

Pronunciation: /zɑk/

“zak” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sack or sack-like container, such as a bag, sachet, pouch
  2. a pocket
  3. a scrotum
  4. A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
  5. a whore, cunt
  6. a sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress
  7. the action of descending; a descent
  8. a physical depression; flattened area

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

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