hiccough
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hic·cup
also hic·cough (hĭk′əp)n.
1.
a. A spasm of the diaphragm resulting in a rapid, involuntary inhalation that is stopped by the sudden closure of the glottis and accompanied by a sharp, distinctive sound.
b. hiccups also hiccoughs An attack of these spasms. Often used with the.
2. The sound made by such a spasm or a sound resembling it: "the urgent hiccup of a police siren" (John Updike).
3. A usually minor setback, impediment, or difficulty; a hitch: "As long as the Fed remains fearful to act lest it be blamed for any economic hiccup, market uncertainty will continue" (Kevin Brady).
intr.v. hic·cupped, hic·cup·ping, hic·cups also hic·coughed or hic·cough·ing or hic·coughs
1. To make a hiccup or a sound like a hiccup.
2. To have an attack of hiccups.
[Imitative.]
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hiccough
Past participle: hiccoughed
Gerund: hiccoughing
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| Noun | 1. |  hiccough - (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?"inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
| Verb | 1. | hiccough - breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water" breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
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Translations
حازوقَه، فُواقنوبَة فواق أو حازوقاتيُحَزِّق
hikstahikstakasthiksti
žagasžagoties
mať štikútavkuštikútavka
hiccough
hiccup [ˈhɪkʌp]A. N
2. a slight hiccough in the proceedings (fig) → una pequeña dificultad or interrupción en los actos
C. VI → hipar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hiccough
, hiccupn → Schluckauf m; (fig inf: = problem) → Problemchen nt (inf); to have the hiccoughs → den Schluckauf haben; to give a hiccough → hick machen (inf), → hicksen (dial); without any hiccoughs → ohne Störungen; the recent sales hiccough → die jüngsten Verkaufsprobleme
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hiccup,
hiccough
(ˈhikap) noun1. (the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.
2. (in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds. an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈhiccuped (American also ˈhiccupped) – to make a hiccup or hiccups.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
hiccough
, hiccupsn. hipo, contracción involuntaria del diafragma y la glotis.
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