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😮‍💨 A sudden sound 😮‍💨 To make a spasm
to hiccup

to hiccup

1 3.3
To make a sudden small sound and movement in your chest without meaning to
  • verb
  • /ˈhɪkʌp/
translation icon : tener hipo
  • That got her laughing so hard she started to hiccup.
  • started to hiccup
  • hiccup again

Examples

  • Phil hiccups again.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When I'm nervous, I hiccup.

    Bandidas (2006)

  • And I hiccup when I'm nervous.

    The Last Summer (2013)

  • The parole officer hiccups again.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • She said every time she tried to have a cigarette, that she would hiccup.

    Inside Deep Throat (2005)

  • She waits for a moment, then hiccups again.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Phil hiccups.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When I eat too quickly, I tend to hiccup repetitively until I calm down.

  • After gulping down her drink too fast, she began to hiccup loudly.

  • The child will hiccup every time he laughs too hard.

Synonyms

to spasm
vsto hiccup
5 3.4

To make a muscle suddenly tighten without control

is a specific diaphragm contraction that closes vocal cords and makes a sound

Compounds

hiccup nut
  • South African
9.9

A climbing shrub with bright red flowers used for decoration

How Glitchy

to crash
  • Specialized
156 3.2
to freeze
244 1.6
to jank
  • Jargon
9.9
to glitch
  • Specialized
3 5.8
to hiccup
1 3.3

Surface Forms

hiccup infinitive
hiccupped past
hiccupped past participle
hiccupping present participle
hiccups third person singular

Etymology

The verb hiccup comes from the same idea: it names the small 'hic' noise you make when the diaphragm jumps, and old spellings like hiccough show people heard it like a tiny cough. So to hiccup is to make that sudden, not under your control 'hic' sound.