HICCUP


Meaning of HICCUP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɪkʌp ]

also hiccough

( hiccups, hiccuping, or hiccupping, hiccuped, or hiccupped)

1.

You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a hiccup , especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right.

A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...

N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft n N , N in n

2.

When you have hiccups , you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly.

A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.

N-UNCOUNT : also the N

3.

A hiccup is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups.

N-COUNT

4.

When you hiccup , you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat.

She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.

VERB : V

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