hic
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9.9
A short sound people make when they hiccup
- interjection
- /hɪk/
:
hic
- (hic!) Luke
Examples
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hic... hic... gulp... hic
Blog text (5) -
I'm (hic!) fine.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hic! - And a beautiful son.
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Yeah, well it's not every day you get (hic!) news like this.
Fiction book (2001) -
- Hic!
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Hic!
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Hic!
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Hic, hic, sniffle, snort, snort.
Blog text (16) -
Hic, hic, sputter, sniff, snort, and stomp the little feet.
Blog text (16) -
"What are they -- hic -- doing?"
Surface Forms
hic main
Etymology
Hic copies the small sharp sound of a hiccup, just like the start of the word hiccup, so it is used as the short exclamation we make when someone hiccups.