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sick

adjective (VOMIT)
 
 
/sɪk/

Definition

A2 [after verb] feeling ill as if you are going to vomit: Lucy felt sick the morning after the party. If you eat any more of that cake, you'll make yourself sick. → See also airsick, carsick, seasickVomiting and feelings of sickness be sick B1 to vomit: She was sick after she ate too much chocolate.Vomiting and feelings of sickness
(Definition of sick adjective (VOMIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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