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Definitions: Hiccup |
HiccupNoun1. (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?". Verb1. Breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hiccup" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A spasm of the diaphragm that causes a sudden inhalation followed by rapid closure of the glottis which produces a sound. (references) |
Medicine | Clonic spasm of the diaphragm. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HiccupSynonyms: singultus (n), hiccough (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Wind | Sneezing .Verb:: errhine; sternutative, sternutatory; sternutation; hiccup, hiccough; catching of the breath. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hiccup |
| English words defined with "hiccup": hiccough, hiccup nut. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hiccup": Dopamine Antagonists. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Tongue Twisters | Hiccup teacup! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wild Bill Hiccup (1970) Hiccup Hound (1963) | |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A hiccup is an example of this type of myoclonus. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Hiccup" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Hiccup" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.33% | 84 | 36,109 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "hiccup": drunken hiccup ♦ hiccup nut. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hiccup | 92 |
hiccup lover | 36 |
hiccup cure | 33 |
hiccup remedy | 14 |
hiccup sound | 7 |
hiccup story | 7 |
cause hiccup | 6 |
hiccup sugar | 4 |
baby hiccup | 4 |
hiccup treatment | 4 |
hiccup lover site web | 3 |
fetish hiccup | 3 |
hiccup we why | 3 |
hiccup video | 3 |
hiccup wav | 2 |
hiccup lover new | 2 |
belly hiccup | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hiccup"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lemzë bëj lemza (hiccough), lemzë (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فواق (hiccough), حوزق (hiccough), حازوقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хълцане (burp, hiccough, sob), хълцам (burp, hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 嗝 (belch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | háèek (catch, crochet hook, fastening, hitch, hook, knot), zádrhel (hitch, snag), nesnáz (distress, grievance, inconvenience, predicament), škytnutí, škytavka (hiccough), škytat (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nulke (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hikken (hiccough), hik (singultus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | singulto (hiccough), singulti (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | hista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سکسکه(hiccough), سکسکه کردن (Hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nikotus, nikottaa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hoqueter (hiccough), hoquet (hiccough, hiccups). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | hikje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schluckauf (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λόξυγγασ (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לש"ק (hiccough), ל'"ק (belch, burp), ש"וק (eructation, hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csuklás (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sedakan, cikutan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | snag, fail. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | singhiozzo (hiccough, singultus, sob). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 吃逆 (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃっくり (hiccough). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | hikke. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | hik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iccuphay soluço (hiccough, singultus, sob), soluçar (hiccough, sob, whimper). (various references) sughiţa (hiccough, sob), sughiţ (hiccough, sob), icni (groan, hiccough). (various references) икать (hiccough). (various references) aileag (the hiccough). (various references) štucati (hiccough), štucanje (hiccough). (various references) hipo (hiccough). (various references) hicka (hiccough, hiccups). (various references) สะอึก (hiccough). (various references) hıçkırmak (have the hiccoughs, have the hiccups, hiccough, sob), hıçkırık tutmak (have the hiccoughs, have the hiccups, hiccough), hıçkırık (hiccough, sob). (various references) synзgylawuk. (various references) гикати (hiccough, whoop), гикавка (hiccough). (various references) igian, ig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hiccup": hiccuped, hiccuping, hiccupped, hiccupping, hiccups. (additional references) | |
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"Hiccup" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Haccp, hbcu, Hcpu, hiccupy, hicup, Hisbul, hitcup, iccpr. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-i-p-u" | |
-2 letters: chic, chip, huic. | |
-3 letters: chi, cup, hic, hip, hup, ich, phi, pic, piu. | |
-4 letters: hi, pi, uh, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-h-i-p-u" | |
+1 letter: hiccups. | |
+2 letters: capuchin, chipmuck, hiccuped. | |
+3 letters: capuchins, chipmucks, hiccuping, hiccupped, superchic. | |
+4 letters: hiccupping, parachutic, upchucking. | |
+5 letters: ipecacuanha. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 69 63 63 75 70 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .. -.-. -.-. ..- .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01100011 01100011 01110101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i c c u p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 0063 0063 0075 0070 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427569698782 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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