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sick

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adj/ˈsɪk/
  1. 1

    In poor health; ill.

    • We have to care for the sick.
  2. 2

    In poor health; ill.; [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).

    • She was sick all day with the flu.
    • sick with a cold—sick with contagious diseases—sick with sciatica—sick with love—sick with worry
  3. 3

    Having an urge to vomit.

    • My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.
  4. 4

    Mentally unstable, disturbed.colloquial

    • You sick bastard!
  5. 5

    In bad taste.colloquial

    • That’s a sick joke.
  6. 6

    [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).

    • sick and tired of the whining—sick of waiting—'sick of politics
    • I’ve heard that song on the radio so many times that I’m starting to get sick of it.
  7. 7

    Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.slang

    • This tune is sick.
    • He showed off his sick surfing skills.
  8. 8

    In poor condition.

    • sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick
  9. 9

    Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

noun/ˈsɪk/
  1. 1

    Vomit.AustraliaUKcolloquial

    • […] they're spitting and belching chunks of lentilly gunk. Looks like sick.
    • The bogan, true to form, laps it up like a dog does its own sick.
  2. 2

    (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.UKcolloquialuncountable

verb/ˈsɪk/
  1. 1

    To vomit.AustraliaUKcolloquial

    • I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
  2. 2

    To fall sick; to sicken.intransitive

    • Our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.
    • Old man to pickney, so wave unno hand if you with me /To see the sufferation sick me.
verb/ˈsɪk/
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of sic (“set upon”).alt-ofalternativerare

    • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 154, "...is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."
    • 2001 (publication date), Anna Heilman, Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman, University of Calgary Press, →ISBN, page 82, Now they find a new entertainment: they sick the dog on us.

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