sick : Idioms & Phrases

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air sick

  • adjective satellite experiencing motion sickness
    seasick; airsick; carsick.
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anointing of the sick

  • noun a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
    extreme unction; last rites.
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be sick

  • verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    retch; regorge; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
    • After drinking too much, the students vomited
    • He purged continuously
    • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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fancy-sick

Fan"cy-sick` adjective
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  1. Love-sick. Shak.
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guilt-sick

Guilt"-sick` adjective
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  1. Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. c& El.
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iron-sick

I"ron-sick` adjective
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  1. (Naut.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
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love-sick

Love"-sick` adjective
Definitions
  1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
    To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. Dryden.
  2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
    Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. Dryden.
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milk-sick

  • adjective satellite affected with or related to milk sickness
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sick bag

  • noun a bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit
    sickbag.
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Sick bay

  • (Naut.), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital.
  • in vessels of war, that part of a deck appropriated to the use of the sick.
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Sick bed

  • the bed upon which a person lies sick.
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sick benefit

  • noun money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work
    sickness benefit.
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Sick berth

  • noun (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)
    sickbay.
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  • an apartment for the sick in a ship of war.
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sick call

  • noun the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick
    sick call.
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Sick headache

  • noun a headache accompanied by nausea
  • noun a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
    migraine; hemicrania; megrim.
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  • (Med.), a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea.
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sick joke

  • noun a joke in bad taste
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sick leave

  • noun a leave of absence from work because of illness
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Sick list

  • noun a list of those who are ill (e.g. on a warship or in a regiment etc)
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  • a list containing the names of the sick.
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sick of

  • adjective satellite having a strong distaste from surfeit
    tired of; fed up; sick; disgusted.
    • grew more and more disgusted
    • fed up with their complaints
    • sick of it all
    • sick to death of flattery
    • gossip that makes one sick
    • tired of the noise and smoke
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sick parade

  • noun the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick
    sick call.
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sick pay

  • noun wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave
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sick person

  • noun a person suffering from an illness
    sufferer; diseased person.
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Sick room

  • a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness. These terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc., are also written both hyphened and solid.
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sick-abed

  • adjective satellite confined to bed (by illness)
    bedrid; bedridden; bedfast.
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sick-brained

Sick"-brained` adjective
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  1. Disordered in the brain.
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turn-sick

Turn"-sick` adjective
Definitions
  1. Giddy. Obs. Bacon.
Turn"-sick` noun
Definitions
  1. (For.) A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
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