Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Suffering from airsickness.
Wiktionary
- adj. Nauseous due to the effects of motion of an airplane; suffering from motion sickness caused by air travel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Affected with air sickness or aërial sickness; feeling nauseous due to riding in an airplane.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. experiencing motion sickness
- adj. experiencing motion sickness
Etymologies
- air + sick. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She later learned someone aboard the plan reported suspicious activity when one of the men used the bathroom while apparently getting airsick.”
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“I managed not to use the airsick bag, but it took a lot of willpower and some isometric exercises.”
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“He took me up on a flight around Dallas when I expressed interest in getting one myself, and that's when I learned that I get airsick on helicopters, too.”
“The only time he ever got airsick was one morning when the flying conditions looked unpromising and, assuming that his flight would be scrapped, he “proceeded to power down on two big, huge breakfast burritos.””
“Meanwhile, London's Metro reported on a mildly nauseating edition to the royal-wedding souvenirs hitting the market: airsick bags.”
“For 40 minutes, they gripped the sides of their mesh seats as the turboprop bucked and plunged over eastern Afghanistan until the sturdiest of them was airsick.”
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“It had been a rough flight with a lot of turbulence, and Dad got quite airsick.”
“I've worn saddle shoes, go-go boots, earth shoes (anyone else remember them?), airsick-making platforms and ankle twisting heels.”
“Tally had never been airsick before, but now she clutched the seat restraints, her knuckles white and eyes fixed on the solid ground below.”
“The table numbers would be displayed on airsick bags.”
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