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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hic•cup or hic•cough /ˈhɪkʌp, -əp/USA pronunciation n., v., hic•cuped or hic•cupped or hic•coughed /ˈhɪkʌpt, -əpt/,USA pronunciation -cup•ing or -cup•ping or -cough•ing. n. [countable] - Pathologya sharp gulping sound in the throat caused by the rapid intake of air following a spasm of the muscle that causes breathing.
- PathologyUsually, hiccups. [plural] an attack of hiccups:I have the hiccups.
v. [no object] - Pathologyto make a hiccup.
- to make the sound like a hiccup:The motor hiccuped as it started.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hic•cup (hik′up, -əp),USA pronunciation n., v., -cuped or -cupped, -cup•ing or -cup•ping. n. - Pathologya 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.
- PathologyUsually, hiccups. the condition of having such spasms:She got the hiccups just as she began to speak.
- [Informal.]a minor difficulty, interruption, setback, etc.:a hiccup in the stock market.
v.i. - to make the sound of a hiccup:The motor hiccuped as it started.
- Pathologyto have the hiccups.
- [Informal.]to experience a temporary decline, setback, interruption, etc.:There was general alarm when the economy hiccuped.
Also, hic-cough (hik′up, -əp).USA pronunciation - 1570–80; alteration of hocket, hickock, equivalent. to hic + -ock; akin to Low German hick hiccup; see hocket
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hiccup, hiccough /ˈhɪkʌp/ n - a spasm of the diaphragm producing a sudden breathing in followed by a closing of the glottis, resulting in a sharp sound
- the state or condition of having such spasms
- informal a minor difficulty or problem
vb ( -cups, -cuping, -cuped, -cups, -cupping, -cupped, -coughs, -coughing, -coughed)- (intransitive) to make a hiccup or hiccups
- (transitive) to utter with a hiccup or hiccups
Etymology: 16th Century: of imitative origin |