hiccup
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- noun
- /ˈhɪkʌp/
:
hipo
- After drinking the soda too quickly, I couldn't stop experiencing a painful hiccup.
Oh God, my hiccups and like diaphragm.
- Oh God, my hiccups and like diaphragm.
- Oh my God, your hiccups are quite something.
- Puffs, which now this one looks like there was a little sneeze, a little hiccup, like a, you know what I'm saying?
Examples
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The other day, Sean experienced a hiccup with a beta mail client he is testing.
Blog text (5) -
I know, these hiccups are so annoying.
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Had a hiccup last night.
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It's all just a hiccup.
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Who cares about the odd professional hiccup?
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Uh, well, there's been a little bit of a hiccup.
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Oh, you cured my hiccups.
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After a few hiccups, it jerks to a halt, just beyond a crest in the road.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Furious, she sucked in her tears with a giant hiccup, then handed him the earrings with shaking hands."
Fiction book (2000) -
Don't go looking for an adaptive reason for hiccups or self pity or bloating after you eat.
Synonyms
A sudden quick movement of the muscle under the lungs that makes a hiccup sound
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Etymology
The word hiccup copies the small 'hic' sound your body makes when the diaphragm suddenly jumps, and it was often spelled long ago as hiccough with 'cough' even though it is not a real cough. So a hiccup is that quick, not under your control spasm that makes a sharp sound.