[hic.cup] also hic.cough n [imit.] (ca. 1580) 1: a spasmodic inhalation with closure of the glottis accompanied by a peculiar sound
2: an attack of hiccuping--usu. used in pl. but sing or pl. in constr.
[2]hiccup also hiccough vi hic.cuped also hic.cupped ; hic.cup.ing also hic.cup.ping (ca. 1580): to make a hiccup; also: to be affected with hiccups