Hiccup

English

Noun

Hiccup (plural Hiccups)

1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.

   There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.

2. A minor setback.

   There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results

Verb

Hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups, present participle hiccuping or hiccupping, simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped)

1. To have the hiccups.

Thesaurus

Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, belch, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, burp, cough, eruct, eructate, eructation, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, gas, gasp, gulp, hack, huff, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, respiration, respire, scuba, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, suspiration, wheeze, wind

Alternative forms

• hickup
• hiccough (old-fashioned)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɪkəp/, /ˈhɪkʌp/

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