Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sick up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: sick- up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Informal

Example Sentences

"I had like pains all over and felt I could sick up and at the same time not sick up, and I began to feel like in distress, O my brothers, being fixed rigid too on this chair."
""... Anyway, this chick was drinking shots with Dave and Eric and this other chick, and she started getting sick. Eric was like 'Don't let 'er sick up in 'ere,” and next thing anybody knew, she sticks her head out the window and blew lunch all over.”"

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

sicks up (present, singular) sicking up (participle, present) sicked up (participle, past) sicked up (past)

Questions

What does sick up mean?: To vomit.

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