hiccup
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.
- Any spasm or sudden change.
- A minor obstacle or setback.
verb
- To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
- To say with a hiccup.
- To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
Pronunciation
/ˈhɪkʌp/
/ˈhɪkəp/
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Word forms
hiccup
hiccups
hiccough
hickup
hiccuping
hiccupping
hiccuped
hiccupped
Etymology
From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”).
Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).
Translations
Abkhaz: а́ицәкьысра
Abkhaz: ахәылкьы́сра
Afrikaans: hik
Albanian: lemzë
Arabic: حَازُوقَة
Arabic: فُوَاق
Arabic: زغطة
Arabic: بفاق, بو فاق
Arabic: فهيقة
Arabic: فواقة
Armenian: զկռտոց
Aromanian: sugljits
Assamese: হেঁকটি
Assamese: হিঁকটি
Asturian: hipu
Asturian: sollutu
Asturian: relluezu
Asturian: sipu
Balinese: cekutan
Bangi: liseséku
Basque: zotin
Belarusian: ікаўка
Bengali: হেঁচকা
Bengali: হেঁচকি
Central Bikol: sinok
Bulgarian: хълцане
Burmese: ကြို့ထိုးခြင်း
Buryat: зоходолго
Catalan: singlot
Cebuano: sid-ok
Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎫᏯᏍᏗ
Chinese Cantonese: 打思噎
Chinese Cantonese: 打思肊
Chinese Mandarin: 打嗝（兒） /打嗝（儿）
Chinese Mandarin: 呃逆
Crimean Tatar: qıltıq
Crimean Tatar: çıqrıq
Czech: škytnutí
Czech: škytavka
Danish: hikke
Danish: hik
Dutch: hik
Dzongkha: ཧིག་ཀུ
Esperanto: singulto
Estonian: luksumine
Estonian: luksatus
Faroese: hist
Faroese: histi
Faroese: histan
Finnish: hikka
Finnish: nikotus
French: hoquet
Friulian: sangloç
Galician: salouco
Galician: impo
Georgian: სლოკინი
German: see Thesaurus:Schluckauf
German: hitsgi
German: glugsi
Greek: λόξιγκας
Ancient Greek: λύγξ
Calabrian Greek: sogliuttu
Calabrian Greek: suggiuttu
Hebrew: שיהוק
Arabic: فَوَاقَ
Arabic: زغطة
Armenian: զկռտալ
Asturian: sollutir
Asturian: sollutar
Azerbaijani: hıçqırmaq
Belarusian: іка́ць
Bulgarian: хъ́лцам
Buryat: зоходохо
Catalan: singlotar
Chinese Cantonese: 打思噎
Czech: škytat
Czech: škytnout
Danish: hikke
Dutch: hikken
Esperanto: singulti
Estonian: luksuma
Estonian: luksatama
Faroese: hista
Finnish: nikotella
Finnish: hikotella
Finnish: hikata
French: hoqueter
French: avoir le hoquet
Galician: saloucar
Galician: impar
Galician: salouzar
Georgian: დასლოკინება
Georgian: წამოსლოკინება
Georgian: ასლოკინებს
German: hicksen
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