Definitions for hiccup

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hiccup hic·cup

Spelling: [hik-uhp, -uh p]

IPA: /ˈhɪk ʌp, -əp/

Hiccup is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in hiccup (cchipu).

Definitions for hiccup

noun

1. a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
2. Usually, hiccups. the condition of having such spasms:
3. Informal. a minor difficulty, interruption, setback, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. to make the sound of a hiccup:
2. to have the hiccups.
3. Informal. to experience a temporary decline, setback, interruption, etc.:

Origin of hiccup

1570-80; alteration of hocket, hickock, equivalent to hic + -ock; akin to Low German hick hiccup; see hocket

Examples for hiccup

Then the South Foreland lights begin to hiccup at us in a way that bodes no good.

"Cool and deliciously impudent that same, (hiccup,)" quoth the skipper.

But the challenge of acting in a major franchise was just a hiccup when compared to the challenge of acting in front of the press.

He was always straight-ahead and anytime there was a hiccup or anything, he was really good at dealing with it.

Laughter took him like a hiccup: laughter not good to hear: but he left off as quickly.

But I am guessing this is going to be a hiccup in his career.

Not that Kiev and U.S. counter-propaganda goes through without a hiccup.

At the time, I called it a hiccup rather than a heart attack.

"Well, I'd like to hear it again," said the drunken one (hiccup).

He acknowledged Don's look with a broad smile that vanished in a hiccup.