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Hiccough   /hˈɪkəp/   Listen
Hiccough

verb
(past & past part. hiccoughed; pres. part. hiccoughing)
1.
Breathe spasmodically, and make a sound.  Synonym: hiccup.



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"Hiccough" Quotes from Famous Books



... eyes, George—ha ha!" So he blundered in and heavily up the stair, and after knocking thunderously, entered. At sight of my uncle Jervas, he halted, drew himself very erect and bowed profoundly and with a flourish, and when he spoke his speech was so thick that I dreaded lest he hiccough: ...
— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol
... and as he laughed the engines far below our feet gave a sudden hiccough. Something crashed and struck the ship's sides till we lurched as we stood. There was a shriek of steam, ...
— A Deal in Wheat - And Other Stories of the New and Old West • Frank Norris


Words linked to "Hiccough" :   reflex, reflex response, symptom, physiological reaction, respire, instinctive reflex, plural, suspire, breathe, innate reflex, singultus, take a breath, reflex action, inborn reflex, hiccup, unconditioned reflex, plural form


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