📖 Definitions of "Hiccups"
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
(by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- 3
A minor setback.
"There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results."
verb
- 1
To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
- 2
To say with a hiccup.
""I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped."
- 3
To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
"The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start."
noun
- 1
(usually with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping.
"He has the hiccups - give him a glass of water."
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