LekhoriLekhoriA 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.
Any spasm or sudden change.
Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.
A minor obstacle or setback.
There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.
To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
To say with a hiccup.
"I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.
From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), M...
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To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.