hiccoughy

H4I1C3C3O1U1G2H4Y4

adjective

Resembling or characterized by hiccoughs.

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Meanings

adjectivehiccoughy (comparative more hiccoughy, superlative most hiccoughy)

comparative more hiccoughy · superlative most hiccoughy · alternative hiccupy

  1. Resembling or characterized by hiccoughs.

    The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.

    1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

Origin

From hiccough + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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