hic
/hɪk
/exclamation
Used in writing to express the sound of a hiccup, especially a drunken one.When the farmer had arrived safely in the dock he looked about in a very dreamy manner, and in answer to the Magistrates' Clerk said ‘Prapsh I have had - hic - a lil drop - hic - er whisky,’ provoking great hilarity in the court....
- One to see in the New Year, hic, and one for ya birfday.
- And I've been hitting the bottle in the evenings to help me get by. (* hic *)
Origin
Late 19th century: imitative.
Rhymes
- mountain meal
- mountain mint
- mountain mockingbird
- mountain nyala
- mountain nymph
- mountain oak
- mountain of piety
- mountainous
- mountainously
- mountainousness
- mountain oyster
- mountain parrot
- mountain parsley
- mountain partridge
- mountain pepper
- mountain pheasant
- mountain pigeon
- mountain pine
- mountain pine beetle
- mountain pink
- mountain plover
- mountain pride
- mountain pygmy possum
- mountain quail
- mountain railroad