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gotten sick

gotten sick is the past participle of get sick.

Meaning of get sick

Verb

get sick (third-person singular simple present gets sick, present participle getting sick, simple past got sick, past participle (UK) got sick or (US) gotten sick)

  1. (Canada, US) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, sick.
    Synonyms:
    fall ill, take sick
  2. (euphemistic) To vomit.
    • "I didn't ever do that, but when I first started drinking I got sick all over this guy I was seeing," I say.2004, Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey, →ISBN, page 161

Questions about gotten sick

What is gotten sick the past participle of?
Gotten sick is the past participle of get sick.

Words near gotten sick in the dictionary

  1. gotten right
  2. gotten right down to cases
  3. gotten right into it
  4. gotten round
  5. gotten round to
  6. gotten sick
  7. gotten some
  8. gotten some air
  9. gotten someone at it
  10. gotten someone for a Tartar
  11. gotten someone in a line

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