sick call

1. 1.

   the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick

   Synonymssick parade

   Broadermilitary formation

   military

Questions about sick call

What does sick call mean?

sick call means "the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick".

What is another word for sick call?

Close synonyms include sick parade. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sick call a common word?

sick call is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.