hiccup

English

Alternative forms

• hiccough (old-fashioned, hypercorrection)
• hickup

Etymology

From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).

Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”).

Displaced Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪkʌp/, /ˈhɪkəp/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəp
• Homophone: hiccough
• Hyphenation: hic‧cup

Noun

hiccup (plural hiccups)

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 case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.
2. (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
   • 2010, Oli Smith, Nuclear Time, page 197:

     Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.

3. (informal) A minor setback.

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

Hypernyms

• (spasm of the diaphragm): myoclonus

Translations

spasm of the diaphragm

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Adyghe: please add this translation if you can
• Afrikaans: hik
• Aghwan: please add this translation if you can
• Akan: please add this translation if you can
• Aklanon: please add this translation if you can
• Assamese: হেঁকটি (hẽkoti), হিঁকটি (hĩkoti)
• Albanian: lemzë (sq) f
• Arabic: حَازُوقَة f (ḥāzūqa), فُوَاق (ar) m (fuwāq)

  Egyptian Arabic: زغطة f (zuġuTTa)

  Gulf Arabic: بفاق, بو فاق m (bufāg)

  Hijazi Arabic: فهيقة f (fuhēga)

  Moroccan Arabic: فواقة f (fuwwāqa)

• Armenian: զկռտոց (hy) (zkṙtocʻ)
• Aromanian: sugljits
• Asturian: hipu m, sollutu, relluezu, sipu
• Balinese: ᬘᭂᬓᬸᬢᬦ᭄ (cekutan)
• Basque: zotin
• Belarusian: ікаўка f (ikaŭka)
• Bengali: হেঁচকা (hẽcka), হেঁচকি (bn) (hẽcki)
• Bikol Central: sinok (bcl)
• Bulgarian: хълцане n (hǎlcane)
• Burmese: ကြို့ထိုးခြင်း (krui.htui:hkrang:)
• Calabrian Greek: sogliuttu, suggiuttu
• Catalan: singlot (ca) m
• Cebuano: sid-ok
• Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎫᏯᏍᏗ (uwaguyasdi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打思肊 (daa² si¹ jik¹)

  Mandarin: 打嗝（兒）／打嗝（儿） (zh) (dǎgé[r]), (technical) 呃逆 (zh) (ènì)

• Crimean Tatar: qıltıq, çıqrıq
• Czech: škytnutí n, škytavka (cs) f
• Danish: hikke (da) m, hik n
• Dutch: hik (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཧིག་ཀུ (hig ku)
• Esperanto: singulto
• Estonian: luksumine, luksatus
• Faroese: hist n, histi m, histan f
• Finnish: hikka (fi), nikotus (fi)
• French: hoquet (fr) m
• Friulian: sangloç m
• Galician: salouco m, impo m
• Georgian: სლოკინი (sloḳini)
• German: Schluckauf (de) m

  Alemannic German: hitsgi, glugsi

• Greek: λόξιγκας (el) m (lóxigkas)

  Ancient: λύγξ f (lúnx)

• Hebrew: שיהוק (he) m (shihúk)
• Hiligaynon: sid-o, sikdo
• Hindi: हिचकी (hi) (hickī)
• Hungarian: csuklás (hu)
• Icelandic: hiksti (is) m
• Ido: hipo (io)
• Ilocano: saiddek
• Indonesian: cegukan (id)
• Ingrian: nikko, nikossus
• Irish: fail f, snag m
• Italian: singhiozzo (it) m, singulto (it) m
• Japanese: しゃっくり (ja) (shakkuri), ヒック (hikku)
• Kapampangan: siguk
• Karachay-Balkar: zukko (zukko)
• Kazakh: ықылық (yqylyq)
• Khmer: ត្អើក (km) (tʼaək)
• Kikuyu: mwegetho class 3
• Kinaray-a: sid-o
• Korean: 딸꾹질 (ko) (ttalkkukjil)
• Koyraboro Senni: heku
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نِزگەرە (nizgere)

  Laki: نِزگیرە (nizgîre)

  Northern: îsk (ku) f, qulpik (ku) f, hîqik (ku) f

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latgalian: klikss
• Latin: singultus m
• Latvian: žagas
• Lingala: esékúséku, liséséku
• Lithuanian: žagsulys
• Macedonian: ика́вица f (ikávica)
• Malagasy: solavady (mg)
• Malayalam: ഇക്കിൾ (ml) (ikkiḷ), എക്കിൾ (ml) (ekkiḷ)
• Maltese: sulluzzu m
• Maori: tokopuhake
• Marathi: उचकी (uckī)
• Mon: လှိုက် (hlak)
• Mongolian: ᠵᠣᠭᠢᠰᠤᠯᠲᠠ (ǰogisulta), зогьсолт (zogʹsolt)
• Neapolitan: selluzzo, segliùzzo
• Norwegian: hikke (no)
• Old English: sogoþa m, ælfsogoþa m
• Persian: سکسکه (fa) (sekseke), هکه (hokke), هکک (fa) (hekkak)
• Polish: czkawka (pl) f
• Portuguese: soluço (pt) m
• Quechua: hik'iy
• Romanian: sughiț (ro)
• Russian: ико́та (ru) f (ikóta)
• Sanskrit: हिक्का (sa) (hikkā)
• Sicilian: sugghiuzzu (scn)
• Slovak: čkavka f, štikútavka f, čkanie n
• Slovene: kolc m, kolcanje n
• Spanish: hipo (es) m, singulto m
• Sranan Tongo: tikotiko
• Sundanese: sisidueun (su)
• Swahili: kwikwi (sw)
• Swedish: hickning c
• Tagalog: sinok, sigok, siyok
• Tamil: விக்கல் (ta) (vikkal)
• Tatar: oçqılıq
• Telugu: ఎక్కిళ్ళు (te) (ekkiḷḷu)
• Thai: สะอึก (th) (sà-ʉ̀k)
• Turkish: hıçkırık (tr)
• Ukrainian: ги́кавка f (hýkavka), и́кавка f (ýkavka), і́кавка f (íkavka)
• Venetan: sangiuto (vec) m, sangiut, sangioto, sangiot
• Vietnamese: cái nấc
• Waray-Waray: sikdo
• Welsh: ig f
• Yámana: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: שלוקערץ m (shlukerts)
• Yucatec Maya: please add this translation if you can
• Yup'ik: please add this translation if you can
• Zazaki: zıqlık f
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

minor setback

• Czech: zádrhel (cs) m, háček (cs) m
• Dutch: tegenvaller (nl) m
• Finnish: yskintä (fi), takeltelu
• French: accroc (fr) m, cahot (fr) m, anicroche (fr) f, obstacle (fr) m
• German: kleiner Rückschlag m, kleines Problem n
• Italian: imprevisto (it) m, contrattempo (it) m
• Polish: czkawka (pl) f
• Russian: небо́льшой сбой m (nebólʹšoj sboj), загво́здка (ru) f (zagvózdka)
• Spanish: contratiempo (es) m

See also

• hiccups

Verb

hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups, present participle hiccuping or hiccupping, simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped)

1. (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
2. (transitive) To say with a hiccup.

   "I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.

3. (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

   The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.

Translations

to hiccup

• Arabic: فَوَاقَ (ar) (fawāqa)

  Egyptian Arabic: زغطة f (zuḡuṭṭa)

• Armenian: զկռտալ (hy) (zkṙtal)
• Aromanian: sugljits
• Asturian: sollutir, sollutar
• Azerbaijani: hıçqırmaq
• Belarusian: іка́ць impf (ikácʹ)
• Bulgarian: хъ́лцам (bg) impf (hǎ́lcam)
• Catalan: singlotar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打嗝（兒）／打嗝（儿） (zh) (dǎgé[r]), (technical) 呃逆 (zh) (ènì)

• Czech: škytat impf, škytnout pf (semelfactive)
• Danish: hikke (da)
• Dutch: hikken (nl)
• Estonian: luksuma, luksatama
• Faroese: hista
• Finnish: nikotella (fi), hikotella, hikata
• French: hoqueter (fr), avoir le hoquet
• Galician: saloucar, impar, salouzar
• Georgian: დასლოკინება (dasloḳineba), წამოსლოკინება (c̣amosloḳineba), ასლოკინებს (asloḳinebs)
• German: hicksen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: λύζω (lúzō)

• Hebrew: שיהק
• Hungarian: csuklik (hu)
• Ido: hipar (io)
• Ingrian: nikostaa, ikostaa (once), nikossella (multiple times)
• Irish: déan snag, déan fail
• Italian: singhiozzare (it)
• Japanese: しゃっくりをする (ja) (shakkuri o suru)
• Kazakh: ық ету (yq etu), ықылық ату (yqylyq atu), ықылықтау (yqylyqtau)
• Korean: 딸꾹질하다 (ttalkkukjilhada)
• Kyrgyz: ыктытуу (ıktıtuu), ык этүү (ık etüü)
• Latin: singulto
• Latvian: žagoties
• Lithuanian: žagsėti
• Luxembourgish: hicken
• Macedonian: ика impf (ika), олца impf (olca)
• Malay: tersedu-sedu
• Manchu: ᠵᠣᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ (johombi)
• Mongolian: зогөсох (zogösox), зогьсох (mn) (zogʹsox)
• Norman: hiqu'ter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hikke (no)

• Oromo: hirqinfuu
• Persian: سکسکه کردن (sekseke kardan)
• Polish: czkać (pl) impf, czknąć (pl) pf (semelfactive)
• Portuguese: soluçar (pt)
• Romanian: sughița (ro)
• Russian: ика́ть (ru) impf (ikátʹ), икну́ть (ru) pf (iknútʹ) (semelfactive)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: штуцати impf

  Roman: štucati (sh) impf

• Slovak: čkať impf, začkať, zaštikútať
• Slovene: kolcati impf
• Spanish: hipar (es)
• Swedish: hicka (sv)
• Tajik: ҳиққак задан (hiqqak zadan)
• Thai: สะอึก (th) (sà-ʉ̀k)
• Turkish: hıçkırmak (tr)
• Turkmen: synçgylawuk
• Ukrainian: гика́ти impf (hykáty), іка́ти impf (ikáty)
• Uzbek: hiqichoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: nấc cụt, nấc (vi)
• Welsh: igian (cy)
• Yiddish: שלוקערצן (shlukertsn)