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sicking

sicking is the present participle and gerund of sick.

Meaning of sick

Verb

sick (third-person singular simple present sicks, present participle sicking, simple past and past participle sicked)

  1. (Australia, UK, colloquial) To vomit.
    • I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialect) To fall sick; to sicken.
    • Our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

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Phrases with sicking

Questions about sicking

What is sicking the present participle and gerund of?
Sicking is the present participle and gerund of sick.

Words near sicking in the dictionary

  1. sickfluencers
  2. sickhouse
  3. sickhouses
  4. sickie
  5. sickies
  6. sicking
  7. sicking up
  8. Sickinger
  9. Sickingers
  10. sickish
  11. sickishly

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