hiccupnoun
UK also hiccough uk/ˈhɪk.ʌp/us/ˈhɪk.ʌp/hiccup noun (NOISE)
[ C usually plural ] a loud noise that you make in the throat without wanting to, caused by a sudden tightening of a muscle just below the chest and usually happening repeatedly
the hiccups [ plural ]
a series of hiccups:
I've got the hiccups.
an attack of the hiccups
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Noises made by the body
- belch
- blow
- break
- break wind idiom
- burp
- clear
- cough
- fart
- footfall
- footstep
- grumble
- sneeze
- snore
- snort
- wheeze
- wind 1
- yawn
hiccup noun (PROBLEM)
[ C ] a problem that delays or interrupts something for a while, but does not usually cause serious difficulties:
We've had one or two slight hiccups, but progress has generally been quite steady.
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- headache
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- the/a devil of a sth idiom
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
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hiccupverb [ I ]
-p- UK also hiccough uk/ˈhɪk.ʌp/us/ˈhɪk.ʌp/to make a hiccup:
I can't stop hiccuping - does anyone know a good cure?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Noises made by the body
- belch
- blow
- break
- break wind idiom
- burp
- clear
- cough
- fart
- footfall
- footstep
- grumble
- sneeze
- snore
- snort
- wheeze
- wind 1
- yawn