HICCUP


Meaning of HICCUP in English

I. noun

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The airline industry's troubles are a mere hiccup in an otherwise upward growth trend.

There was a slight hiccup when I couldn't find my car keys, but finally we set off.

There were a few minor hiccups in the space shuttle launch.

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A hiccup , possibly, but no decent restaurant should produce one of that size.

But he also assumes that the economy will keep chugging along with barely a hiccup of a recession.

My training is going very well apart from the slight hiccup with the railway line.

Nausea, vomiting and hiccup with aversion to warm food and desire for cold food.

Our job today is just a hiccup in time.

That was the only hiccup in Llanelli's 10-try victory, although they were not the highest scorers of the day.

The event started with a slight hiccup when it was discovered that the batteries were in the wrong way round.

The sales drive was interrupted by a legal hiccup .

II. verb

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Rufus went on laughing, hiccuping with laughter.

Suffolk people hiccup half their words away.

Two days before admission he noted abdominal distension and began to hiccup .

Under the black vinyl the waters burbled and hiccuped.

Would-be lovers belch or hiccup at decisive moments.

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