sick
In poor health; ill.
Adjective 4 meanings
In poor health; ill.
“We have to care for the sick.”
Having an urge to vomit.
“My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.”
Mentally unstable, disturbed.
In bad taste.
“That’s a sick joke.”
Noun 2 meanings
Vomit.
(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 2 meanings
To vomit.
“I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.”
To fall sick; to sicken.
Etymology
From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”).
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SICK at a glance
SICK has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,368 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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