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hiccough en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪ.kʌp/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhɪ.kəp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhɪ.kəp/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈhɪ.kʌp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. Dated spelling of hiccup.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hiccoughs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

hiccoughy

hiccough en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪ.kʌp/ (General-American)
  • /ˈhɪ.kəp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈhɪ.kəp/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈhɪ.kʌp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. Dated spelling of hiccup.
    • I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment. 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 87:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hiccoughing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hiccoughed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hiccoughed Tense=Past lexicographic
hiccoughs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

hiccougher