English

Alternative forms

• hiccoughs
• hickups

Noun

hiccups

1. plural of hiccup

   There were several loud hiccups from the back of the room, and the class erupted in laughter.

2. (usually with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping.

   He has the hiccups - give him a glass of water.

Translations

Verb

hiccups

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of hiccup

   He shakes every time he hiccups.