hiccough
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɪ.kəp/, /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪ.kəp/, /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
- Rhymes: -ɪkəp
- Homophone: hiccup (RP)
Usage notes[edit]
Hiccough is a later spelling, and an example of folk etymology.
Noun[edit]
hiccough (plural hiccoughs)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
hiccup — see hiccup
Verb[edit]
hiccough (third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of hiccup
- 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 87:
- I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment.
Translations[edit]
hiccup — see hiccup