hiccup definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (usually plural ... symptom of indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?" [syn: hiccup, hiccough, singultus] v 1: breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water" [syn: hiccup, hiccough] Merriam Webster's I. noun also hiccough Etymology: imitative ... minor and short-lived interruption or disruption, or change < a hiccup in the stock market > II. intransitive verb also hiccough (hiccuped ... hiccupped; hiccuping; also hiccupping) Date: circa 1580 to make a hiccup; also to be affected with hiccups Britannica Concise Spasmodic ...
... symptom of indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?" [syn: hiccup, hiccough, singultus] v 1: breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water" [syn: hiccup, hiccough] Merriam Webster's I. noun see hiccup I II. intransitive verb see hiccup II Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hiccough Hic"cough (?; 277), n ... glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hiccough Hic"cough, v. i. [ ...