I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The airline industry's troubles are a mere hiccup in an otherwise upward growth trend.
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There was a slight hiccup when I couldn't find my car keys, but finally we set off.
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There were a few minor hiccups in the space shuttle launch.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A hiccup , possibly, but no decent restaurant should produce one of that size.
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But he also assumes that the economy will keep chugging along with barely a hiccup of a recession.
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My training is going very well apart from the slight hiccup with the railway line.
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Nausea, vomiting and hiccup with aversion to warm food and desire for cold food.
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Our job today is just a hiccup in time.
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That was the only hiccup in Llanelli's 10-try victory, although they were not the highest scorers of the day.
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The event started with a slight hiccup when it was discovered that the batteries were in the wrong way round.
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The sales drive was interrupted by a legal hiccup .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Rufus went on laughing, hiccuping with laughter.
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Suffolk people hiccup half their words away.
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Two days before admission he noted abdominal distension and began to hiccup .
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Under the black vinyl the waters burbled and hiccuped.
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Would-be lovers belch or hiccup at decisive moments.