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Webster 1828 Edition

Hickup

HICK'UP

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Noun.
[The English is a compound of hic and cough; and hic may be allied to hitch, to catch. The word is generally pronounced hick-up.]
A spasmodic affection of the stomach, esophagus,and muscles subservient to deglutition.
Convulsive catch of the respiratory muscles, with sonorous inspiration; repeated at short intervals.

Definition 2024

hickup

hickup

English

Noun

hickup ‎(plural hickups)

  1. Archaic spelling of hiccup.

Verb

hickup ‎(third-person singular simple present hickups, present participle hickuping or hickupping, simple past and past participle hickuped or hickupped)

  1. Archaic spelling of hiccup.

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