hiccough

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UK/ˈhɪ.kəp/UK/ˈhɪ.kʌp/US/ˈhɪkɔːf/

noun

Dated spelling of hiccup.

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Meanings

nounhiccough (plural hiccoughs)

plural hiccoughs

  1. Dated spelling of hiccup.
verbhiccough (third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed)

present singular third person hiccoughs · participle present hiccoughing · participle past hiccoughed · past hiccoughed

  1. Dated spelling of hiccup.

    I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment.

    1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 87

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion

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hiccupsingultus
Broader
symptomreflexreflex responsereflex action

verbbreathe spasmodically, and make a sound

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hiccup
Broader
breathetake a breathrespire
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hiccupsingultus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hiccough

hiccup
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Sounds the same

hiccup (RP)hiccup (RP)
Cite this entry
APA

hiccough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiccough

MLA

“hiccough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiccough. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hiccough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiccough.

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