hiccup

English

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Alternative forms

• hickup
• hiccough (old-fashioned)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier hickock, from hic (onamotopoetic) + -ock (diminuitive suffix). Akin to Low German hick (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɪkəp/, /ˈhɪkʌp/

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Noun

hiccup (plural hiccups)

1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.

   There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.

2. A minor setback.

   There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results

Translations

spasm of the diaphragm

• Arabic: حازوقة (ar) (ḥaazuqa) f, فواق (ar) (fuwaaq) m

  Egyptian Arabic: زغطة (zuğuṭṭa) f

• Aromanian: sugljits (rup)
• Catalan: singlot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呃逆 (cmn) (ènì)

• Czech: škytnutí (cs) n
• Danish: hikke (da) m, hik (da) n
• Dutch: hik (nl) m
• Esperanto: singulto (eo)
• Faroese: hist (fo) n, histi (fo) m, histan (fo) f
• Finnish: hikka (fi)
• French: hoquet (fr) m
• Georgian: სლოკინი (ka) (slokini)
• German: Schluckauf (de) m
• Greek: λόξιγκας (el) (lóxigkas) m
• Italian: singhiozzo (it) m
• Japanese: しゃっくり (ja) (shakkuri), ヒック (ja) (hikku)

• Latgalian: klikss
• Latvian: žagas (lv)
• Lithuanian: žagsulys (lt)
• Old English: sogoþa (ang) m, ælfsogoþa (ang) m
• Polish: czkawka (pl) f
• Portuguese: soluço (pt) m
• Quechua: hik'iy (qu)
• Romanian: sughiț (ro)
• Russian: икота (ru) (ikóta) f
• Slovak: čkavka (sk) f, štikútavka (sk) f, čkanie (sk) n
• Spanish: hipo (es) m
• Swedish: hickning (sv) c
• Turkish: hıçkırık (tr)
• Vietnamese: cái nấc (vi)

minor setback

• Dutch: tegenvaller (nl) m
• Finnish: yskintä (fi), takeltelu (fi)

• French: accroc (fr) m, cahot (fr) m, anicroche (fr) f
• Russian: небольшой сбой (ru) (nebolʹšoj sboj), загвоздка (ru) (zagvozdka) f

See also

• hiccups

Verb

hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups, present participle hiccuping or hiccupping, simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped)

1. To have the hiccups.

Translations

to hiccup

• Arabic: فواق (ar) (fawaaqa)
• Aromanian: sugljits (rup)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打嗝兒 (cmn), 打嗝儿 (cmn) (dǎ gér)

• Czech: škytat (cs)
• Danish: hikke (da)
• Dutch: hikken (nl)
• Faroese: hista (fo)
• Finnish: nikotella (fi), hikotella (fi)
• French: hoqueter (fr), avoir le hoquet
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: hicksen (de)
• Hungarian: csuklik (hu)
• Italian: singhiozzare (it)

• Japanese: しゃっくりをする (ja) (shakkuri-o suru)
• Jèrriais: hiqu'ter
• Latin: singulto (la)
• Luxembourgish: hicken (lb)
• Malay: tersedu-sedu (ms)
• Polish: czkać (pl)
• Portuguese: soluçar (pt)
• Romanian: sughița (ro)
• Russian: икать (ru) (ikát') impf., икнуть (ru) (iknút') pf.
• Slovak: čkať (sk), začkať (sk), zaštikútať (sk)
• Spanish: hipar (es)
• Swedish: hicka (sv)
• Turkish: hıçkırmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: nấc cục (vi), nấc (vi)