chuck a sickie

Etymology
A more slangy variant of.

Verb

 * 1)  To take a day off from work feigning ill health.
 * 2) * 2010, Veechi Curtis, Lynley Averis, Bookkeeping For Dummies, Australian & New Zealand Edition, |chucks|chucking|chucked+a+sickie%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=p7Y2FFsv1T&sig=ikFfCUgB14M4NWli9Dl7ZI5C13Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MLaDUK21DYTpiAepmoDIBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chuck|chucks|chucking|chucked%20a%20sickie%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 180,
 * For example, if an employee chucks a sickie, you need to check that they have enough sick leave available.
 * 1) * 2010, Eve Brenac-Mooney, Kaleidoscope, Ebrem, Australia, 2012 EPUB edition, |chucks|chucking|chucked+a+sickie%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=0mRF83m-c2&sig=hdPG0quxz6mMVawgpWGJSXOR6sQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MLaDUK21DYTpiAepmoDIBg&redir_esc=y unnumbered page,
 * I wished I could chuck a sickie, but it was only my second day at Forest Glen, so that was out of the question.

Synonyms

 * ,, see also Thesaurus:shirk

Translations

 * Maori: whakangehengehe
 * Russian: сказаться больным