English
wikipedia

Etymology
Onamotopoetic.

Alternative spellings
hickup
hiccough (old-fashioned)

Noun
en-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

1. A minor setback.

#: There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results

Translations
trans-top|spasm of the diaphragm
Catalan: singlot m
Czech: škytnutí n
Dutch: hik m
French: hoquet m
Finnish: hikka
German: Schluckauf m
trans-mid
Italian: singhiozzo m
Old English: sogoþa m, ælfsogoþa m
Portuguese: soluço m
Spanish: hipo m
Swedish: hicka c
trans-bottom

trans-top|minor setback
Finnish: yskintä, takeltelu
trans-mid
trans-bottom

checktrans
ttbc|Slovak: �kanie

See also
hiccups

Verb
to hiccup (past tense and past participle: hiccupped (UK), hiccuped or hiccupped (US)) (UK and US pt and pp need to be confirmed)

1. To have the hiccups.

Translations
trans-top|to hiccup
Dutch: hikken
Finnish: nikotella, hikotella
French: hoqueter, avoir le hoquet
German: hicksen
trans-mid
Italian: singhiozzare
Portuguese: soluçar
Spanish: hipar
Swedish: hicka
trans-bottom

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