A hiccup; the hiccups. Also: an instance of hawking or retching; a belch. Also figurative.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > hiccupping > a hiccup (7) yeskeOE A hiccup; the hiccups. Also: an instance of hawking or retching; a belch. Also figurative. hicket?1543 Early form of hiccup, n. hickock?1548 An earlier form of hiccup, n. hick1565 An ignorant countryman; a silly fellow, booby. Now chiefly U.S. hiccup1580 An involuntary spasm of the respiratory organs, consisting in a quick inspiratory movement of the diaphragm checked suddenly by closure of the… hocket1601 = hicket, n., hiccup, n. hick-yex1628 hiccup. |
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