Hiccup
/ˈhɪkʌp/noun
A sudden little gasp or noise in your throat caused by the diaphragm squeezing.
After drinking soda too quickly, he started to hiccup.
Often appears as...
- have a hiccup
- stop the hiccups
noun
A temporary problem, setback, or difficulty.
The project had a few hiccups, but it was still completed on time.
Often appears as...
- experience a hiccup
- hiccup in the plan
verb
To make a hiccup noise because your throat or chest suddenly squeezes.
I always hiccup after eating spicy food.
Often appears as...
- hiccup uncontrollably
- hiccup loudly
verb
To have a minor problem or setback.
Our plans hiccuped a bit when the flight got cancelled.
Often appears as...
- hiccups along the way
- hiccup in progress
noun
A sudden little gasp or noise in your throat caused by the diaphragm squeezing.
After drinking soda too quickly, he started to hiccup.
Often appears as...
- have a hiccup
- stop the hiccups
noun
A temporary problem, setback, or difficulty.
The project had a few hiccups, but it was still completed on time.
Often appears as...
- experience a hiccup
- hiccup in the plan
verb
To make a hiccup noise because your throat or chest suddenly squeezes.
I always hiccup after eating spicy food.
Often appears as...
- hiccup uncontrollably
- hiccup loudly
verb
To have a minor problem or setback.
Our plans hiccuped a bit when the flight got cancelled.
Often appears as...
- hiccups along the way
- hiccup in progress
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Reaction
It's an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm, not a deliberate action.
The baby's sudden hiccup surprised everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Repeated
Usually occurs multiple times, not just once.
He had a bout of hiccups that lasted several minutes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Serious
Common and not indicative of a health issue; often humorous in social situations.
At the quiet moment during the meeting, my hiccups echoed in the room.
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Michael Archer: How...
It has a little cough and a hiccup, and out comes sprays of little frogs. Now, when biologists saw this, they were agog. They thought, this is incredible. No animal, let alone a frog, has been known to do this, to change one organ in the body into another. And you can imagine the medical world went nuts over this as well.
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Why you should define...
that could be a semi-permanent. So I took the trip. None of the disasters came to pass. There were some hiccups, sure. I was able to extricate myself from the business. I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book,
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
Do such structures serve some hidden function that hasn't yet been discovered? Or are they relics of our evolutionary past, having once served some important purpose only to persist into the present as vestigial remnants? One idea is that hiccups began
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Paul Gilding: The Earth...
a life of abundance and digital downloads is a delusion. It's not that it's not possible to feed, clothe and house us all and have us live decent lives. It certainly is. But the idea that we can gently grow there with a few minor hiccups
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Can you solve the jail...
The moment the first burns out, you light the other end of the second fuse. When it flickers and dies, you know that exactly 45 seconds have passed, and the electric fence is dead. By the time it hiccups back to life,
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
And this was one of those cases that went on and on. He tried everything his friends suggested. Nothing seemed to help. Days went by. At a certain point, the man, still hiccupping, had sex with his wife.
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Monitor Lizard vs. Croc...
the half-pound water hiccup as a small African bird has formed a mutual defense pact with a slightly larger animal the ferocious half-ton Nile crocodile you can imagine how the croc might protect
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Why Four Cowboys Rode...
I promise you we did not plant that flag there we just rolled up in real life it's kind of photogenic we'll take a picture next flag so we started our journey and we had a few hiccups kind of
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Hide and Seek with the...
going oh that's hiccups let's stop it come on we don't want to lose her oh dear I can't see anything through this long grass Nima's sister begins to
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Amputee Skier Shreds...
mean everyone overcomes obstacles you know having one like isn't a big issue it's just a little bit of a hiccup in life that you can only come
Video examples
Michael Archer: How...
It has a little cough and a hiccup, and out comes sprays of little frogs. Now, when biologists saw this, they were agog. They thought, this is incredible. No animal, let alone a frog, has been known to do this, to change one organ in the body into another. And you can imagine the medical world went nuts over this as well.
Video examples
Why you should define...
that could be a semi-permanent. So I took the trip. None of the disasters came to pass. There were some hiccups, sure. I was able to extricate myself from the business. I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book,
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
Do such structures serve some hidden function that hasn't yet been discovered? Or are they relics of our evolutionary past, having once served some important purpose only to persist into the present as vestigial remnants? One idea is that hiccups began
Video examples
Paul Gilding: The Earth...
a life of abundance and digital downloads is a delusion. It's not that it's not possible to feed, clothe and house us all and have us live decent lives. It certainly is. But the idea that we can gently grow there with a few minor hiccups
Video examples
Can you solve the jail...
The moment the first burns out, you light the other end of the second fuse. When it flickers and dies, you know that exactly 45 seconds have passed, and the electric fence is dead. By the time it hiccups back to life,
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
And this was one of those cases that went on and on. He tried everything his friends suggested. Nothing seemed to help. Days went by. At a certain point, the man, still hiccupping, had sex with his wife.
Video examples
Monitor Lizard vs. Croc...
the half-pound water hiccup as a small African bird has formed a mutual defense pact with a slightly larger animal the ferocious half-ton Nile crocodile you can imagine how the croc might protect
Video examples
Why Four Cowboys Rode...
I promise you we did not plant that flag there we just rolled up in real life it's kind of photogenic we'll take a picture next flag so we started our journey and we had a few hiccups kind of
Video examples
Hide and Seek with the...
going oh that's hiccups let's stop it come on we don't want to lose her oh dear I can't see anything through this long grass Nima's sister begins to
Video examples
Amputee Skier Shreds...
mean everyone overcomes obstacles you know having one like isn't a big issue it's just a little bit of a hiccup in life that you can only come
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Luke Bryan
American Musician
My thing is, when you put a bunch of rules on a tour, you have to hire three more people to enforce all the rules. So, with me, I want everyone to feel comfortable. It's a lot of little moving parts out here, and little hiccups will come. At the end of the day, the show's going to go on, and I want everybody to truly enjoy it.
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Sally Field
American Actress
I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.
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Olly Murs
English Musician
I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
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Marilyn vos Savant
American Writer
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
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Tony Cardenas
American Politician
My father worked with a first-grade education in this country and managed every single day without a hiccup.
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Salman Khurshid
Indian Politician
You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
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Anne McClain
American Astronaut
In space, everything is dependent on everything else and one hiccup causes a lot of ripple effects.
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Amy Smart
American Actress
I notoriously get the hiccups. When I get the hiccups, I get it numerous times in one day.
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Nigel Pearson
English Coach
When things go well I'm always looking for the next hiccup.
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Gabby Douglas
American Athlete
Everyone has hiccups in their families.
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Luke Bryan
American Musician
My thing is, when you put a bunch of rules on a tour, you have to hire three more people to enforce all the rules. So, with me, I want everyone to feel comfortable. It's a lot of little moving parts out here, and little hiccups will come. At the end of the day, the show's going to go on, and I want everybody to truly enjoy it.
Quote examples
Sally Field
American Actress
I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.
Quote examples
Olly Murs
English Musician
I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
Quote examples
Marilyn vos Savant
American Writer
Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
Quote examples
Tony Cardenas
American Politician
My father worked with a first-grade education in this country and managed every single day without a hiccup.
Quote examples
Salman Khurshid
Indian Politician
You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
Quote examples
Anne McClain
American Astronaut
In space, everything is dependent on everything else and one hiccup causes a lot of ripple effects.
Quote examples
Amy Smart
American Actress
I notoriously get the hiccups. When I get the hiccups, I get it numerous times in one day.
Quote examples
Nigel Pearson
English Coach
When things go well I'm always looking for the next hiccup.
Quote examples
Gabby Douglas
American Athlete
Everyone has hiccups in their families.
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