Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
sicked
verb
/sɪkt/
Definition
To have caused someone or something to become sick or ill; also can imply inciting someone to pursue or attack someone else.
Examples
- After the dog sicked on the food, we had to throw it away.
- He sicked his friends on the bully who had been bothering him.
Meaning
The past tense of ‘sick,’ often used to describe the act of having made a person or animal feel unwell or causing them to be afflicted by illness. Also, in a more figurative sense, it can mean to unleash someone on a target.
Synonyms
- ill
- unwell
- discomfort
- to incite
- to unleash
