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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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hiccup
(ˈhɪkʌp) orhiccough
n
1. (Pathology) a spasm of the diaphragm producing a sudden breathing in followed by a closing of the glottis, resulting in a sharp sound. Technical name: singultus
2. (Pathology) the state or condition of having such spasms
3. informal a minor difficulty or problem
vb, -cups, -cuping, -cuped, -cups, -cupping, -cupped, -coughs, -coughing or -coughed
4. (Pathology) (intr) to make a hiccup or hiccups
5. (Pathology) (tr) to utter with a hiccup or hiccups
[C16: of imitative origin]
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hic•cup
or hic•cough
(ˈhɪk ʌp, -əp)n., v. -cuped -cupped or -coughed, -cup•ing -cup•ping or -cough•ing. n.
1. a 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.
2. Usu., hiccups. the condition of having such spasms.
v.i. 3. to make the sound of a hiccup: The motor hiccuped.
4. to have the hiccups.
[1570–80; alter. of hocket, hickock, of imitative origin; akin to Low German hick]
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hic·cup
(hĭk′əp) A sudden and uncontrolled contraction of the diaphragm, causing the breath to be quickly drawn in and then immediately cut off by a closing of the throat.
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hiccup
Past participle: hiccuped/hiccupped
Gerund: hiccuping/hiccupping
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| Noun | 1. |  hiccup - (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. | hiccup - 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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hiccup
hiccoughnoun setback, hold-up, hitch, glitch, check, blow, upset, disappointment, bit of trouble A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about.
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Translations
škytnutímít škytavkuškytatškytavka
hikke
hicksenSchluckauf
hikka
csukláscsuklik
hikstahikstakasthiksti
žagsėjimasžagsėtižagtelėjimas
žagasžagoties
mať štikútavkuštikútavka
kolcanje
hıçkır makhıçkırıkhıçkırık tutmahıçkırma
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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.
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hiccup
n hipo; to have the hiccups tener hipo; vi (pret & pp -cuped o -cupped; ger -cuping o -cupping) hipar, tener hipoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.