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hiccup

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪkʌp/
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/ˈhɪkʌp/ · /ˈhɪkəp/

Definition of hiccup

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
    “There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.”
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noun

  1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
    “There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.”
  2. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
  3. (broadly)Any spasm or sudden change.
    “Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.”
  4. (informal)A minor obstacle or setback.
    “There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.”

verb

  1. (intransitive)To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
  2. (transitive)To say with a hiccup.
    “"I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.”
  3. (intransitive)To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
    “The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.”

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Etymology

From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low…

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From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”). Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).

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