hiccupped
ʌp, -əp noun
1.
a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
2.
Usually, hiccups. the condition of having such spasms: She got the hiccups just as she began to speak.
3.
Informal. a minor difficulty, interruption, setback, etc.: a hiccup in the stock market.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make the sound of a hiccup: The motor hiccuped as it started.
5.
to have the hiccups.
6.
Informal. to experience a temporary decline, setback, interruption, etc.: There was general alarm when the economy hiccuped.
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hiccup or hiccough (ˈhɪkʌp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Technical name: singultus a spasm of the diaphragm producing a sudden breathing in followed by a closing of the glottis, resulting in a sharp sound |
| 2. | the state or condition of having such spasms |
| 3. | informal a minor difficulty or problem |
| —vb , -cups, -cuping, -cuped, -cups, -cupping, -cupped;, -coughs, -coughing, -coughed | |
| 4. | (intr) to make a hiccup or hiccups |
| 5. | (tr) to utter with a hiccup or hiccups |
| [C16: of imitative origin] | |
| hiccough or hiccough | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: of imitative origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
hiccup
1580, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, considered imitative of the sound of hiccupping (cf. Fr. hoquet, Dan. hikke, etc.); modern spelling first recorded 1788; hiccough (1626) is by mistaken association with cough. Replaced O.E. ælfsogoða, so called because hiccups were thought to be caused
by elves.
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Medical Dictionary
hiccup hic·cup or hic·cough (hĭk'əp)
n.
A spasm of the diaphragm causing sudden inhalation interrupted by spasmodic closure of the glottis, producing a characteristic noise.
hic'cup or hic'cough v.
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