to sick
- verb
- /sɪk/
- Offensive
- He sicked the neighbor's cat on the rat that was in his yard.
Examples
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And then Mark sicked brick buyers on me.
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You kids go home before I sick the constable on ya!
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You sicked him on that cat, not me.
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Didn't she threaten to sick her pet anthropologists on us at some point?
Blog text (7) -
I warn you, though, if you move to Georgia, you better get ready to make college football your number one sport, or they just might sick UGA the dog on you!
Blog text (10) -
He then sicked Bloodsucker on them to drain them of all their mutagen-laced blood.
Blog text (15) -
I will sick my dog on the intruder if he doesn't leave.
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If you're upset, I can sick my friend on those bullies.
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Compounds
- Archaic
A severe headache that often makes you feel sick and unable to concentrate
A Roman Catholic ritual where a priest puts oil on a very sick person and prays for comfort
- Archaic
Sick after eating meat or drinking milk from animals that eat poisonous plants
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Etymology
Sick in the sense 'to urge an animal to attack' comes from an old hunting command sic! meaning 'attack', so to 'sick' a dog is to tell it to go after someone.