sick+person

  • 31sick pay — noun wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * sick pay, = sick benefit. (Cf. ↑sick benefit) * * * no …

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  • 32person — noun ⇨ See also ↑people ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ elderly, old ▪ married, single ▪ gay …

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  • 33sick role — the role played by a person who has defined himself or herself as ill, with or without validation of the role by health care providers or family members. Adoption of the sick role changes the behavioral expectations of others toward sick persons …

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  • 34sick puppy — noun A person who is sick (mentally disturbed) in a morbid or gruesome way. If these reports are true, this God is one sick puppy, and dangerous. He solves all his ultimate impasses with ultimate violence …

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  • 35sick leave — N UNCOUNT: oft on N Sick leave is the time that a person spends away from work because of illness or injury. I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression …

    English dictionary

  • 36Sick puppy — very depraved person: When he told me what he d done, I said Hey man, you are one sick puppy …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 37Sick-dog — 1. totally cool person; 2. excellent; really cool: That party is going to be sick dog …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 38sick puppy — Australian Slang very depraved person: When he told me what he d done, I said Hey man, you are one sick puppy …

    English dialects glossary

  • 39sick-dog — Australian Slang 1. totally cool person; 2. excellent; really cool: That party is going to be sick dog …

    English dialects glossary

  • 40sick puppy — /sɪk ˈpʌpi/ (say sik pupee) noun Colloquial a depraved person …