sick

UK /ˈsɪk/ US /ˈsɪk/
adj 5verb 3noun 2name 1

Definitions

adj

1

In poor health; ill.

We have to care for the sick.

Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.

2

In poor health; ill.

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

Having an urge to vomit.

My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.

In the meantime the old man had gotten up and gone out in the yard and began to vomit. Henry said I believe I feel sick and got up and went out. He went out one door and his father went out the other one. I did not think there was anything wrong with the coffee and I asked my wife to pour this out […]

4

Mentally unstable, disturbed.

You sick bastard!

What a sick, sick feeling / To let you go, my dear

5

In bad taste.

That’s a sick joke.

noun

1

Vomit.

[…] 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

(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.

verb

1

To vomit.

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

2

To fall sick; to sicken.

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.

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