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hic·cup (hic·cough)
 hiccup (hiccough)
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- pronunciation:
- hI
kuhp
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a sudden, spasmodic inhalation that is cut off by the involuntary closing of the windpipe.
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| definition 2: |
(pl.) a series of such spasms, often difficult to stop.
He gets the hiccups when he is nervous. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
hiccups, hiccoughs, hiccupping, hiccoughing, hiccupped, hiccoughed |
| definition 1: |
to make a hiccup or the sound of one.
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| definition 2: |
to suffer from an attack of the hiccups.
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