Definition of "sick" in Englisch

adjective

(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.
- She was sick all day with the flu.
- We have to care for the sick.
Having an urge to vomit.
- My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.
(colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
- You sick bastard!
(colloquial) In bad taste.
- That’s a sick joke.
Tired of or annoyed by something [with of].
- I’ve heard that song on the radio so many times that I’m starting to get sick of it.
(slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- This tune is sick.
- He showed off his sick surfing skills.
- Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!
In poor condition.
- sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick
(agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

noun

(British, Australia, colloquial) Vomit.
(British, colloquial) (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

(British, Australia, colloquial) To vomit.
- I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
(obsolete except in dialect, intransitive) To fall sick; to sicken.

verb

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