hiccupy

English

Alternative forms

• hiccoughy

Etymology

From hiccup +‎ -y.

Adjective

hiccupy (comparative more hiccupy, superlative most hiccupy)

1. Characterised by hiccups.

   She burst into hiccupy sobs.

   • 1999 August 26, Buddy Seigal, “Even Old Englishmen Still Get Wood”, in OC Weekly, retrieved 16 June 2009:

     Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business.