hiccupy

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adjective

Characterised by hiccups.

“She burst into hiccupy sobs.”

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Meanings

adjectivehiccupy (comparative more hiccupy, superlative most hiccupy)

comparative more hiccupy · superlative most hiccupy · alternative hiccoughy

  1. Characterised by hiccups.

    She burst into hiccupy sobs.

    1 more example

    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.

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

Origin

From hiccup + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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