be sick meaning

UK /bɪ sɪk/ US /bi sɪk/ 2 syllables

be sick (verb): eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Definition of be sick

  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    • After drinking too much, the students vomited
    • He purged continuously
    • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

    Synonyms: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

    Type of: excrete

How to pronounce be sick

be sick is pronounced /bɪ sɪk/ in British English and /bi sɪk/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.

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