hiccups

English

Alternative forms

• hiccoughs
• hickups

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪkəps/, /ˈhɪkʌps/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəps
• Hyphenation: hic‧cups

Noun

hiccups

1. plural of hiccup

   There were several loud hiccups from the back of the room, and the class erupted in laughter.

Noun

hiccups pl (plural only)

1. (usually with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.

   He has the hiccups – give him a glass of water.

Translations

the condition of having hiccup spasms

• Arabic: حَازُوقَة f (ḥāzūqa)
• Czech: škytavka (cs) f
• Dutch: hik (nl) m
• Finnish: hikka (fi)
• French: hoquet (fr) m
• Georgian: სლოკინი (sloḳini)
• German: Schluckauf (de) m
• Norwegian: hikke (no) m
• Slovak: čkavka f, štikútka f
• Spanish: hipo (es) m
• Swedish: hicka (sv) c
• Turkish: hıçkırık (tr)

Verb

hiccups

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hiccup

   He shakes every time he hiccups.