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Word: Sick
Speech Type: Adjective
Old English sēoc ‘affected by illness’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech
sɪk
affected by physical or mental illness
Short Definition:affected by physical or mental illness
Examples:- nursing very sick children
- half my staff were off sick
- visiting the sick and the elderly
feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit
Short Definition:feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit
Examples:- he was starting to feel sick
- Mark felt sick with fear
intensely annoyed with or bored by (someone or something) as a result of having had too much of them
Short Definition:intensely annoyed with or bored by person or thing as result of having had too much of them
Examples:- I'm absolutely sick of your moods
(especially of humour) having something unpleasant such as death or misfortune as its subject and dealing with it in an offensive way
Short Definition:having something unpleasant such as death or misfortune as its subject
Examples:- this was someone's idea of a sick joke
very good; excellent
Short Definition:excellent
Examples:- it was a sick party and there were tons of cool people there
Word: Sick
Speech Type: Noun
sɪk
vomit
Short Definition:vomit
Examples:- she was busy wiping sick from the carpet
Word: Sick
Speech Type: Verb
sɪk
bring something up by vomiting
Short Definition:bring something up by vomiting
Examples:- he was passing blood and sicking it up
- she sicked up all over the carpet
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