bussick

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/ˈbʌsˌsɪk/

adjective

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a bus.

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Meanings

adjectivebussick (comparative more bussick, superlative most bussick)

comparative more bussick · superlative most bussick · alternative bus-sick

  1. Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a bus.

    It's no good to travel by land, he says to himself. You get bussick and empty and dusty.

    1963, Alberto D. Benipayo, Comment, number 18, page 21
    1 more example

    "What do you think Izzy is doing right now?" Emma wondered aloud. "Not sitting in a bus filled with five-year-olds,” Harriet said, “praying one of them doesn't get bussick."

    2019, Sheryl Berk, Frenemies

Origin

From bus + sick.

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APA

bussick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bussick

MLA

“bussick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bussick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bussick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bussick.

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