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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.