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Word entry · 6 letters

hiccup

Best crossword clue

"Small diaphragm spasm"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɪkʌp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cchipuStarts with HEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2I3C4C5U6P

Definitions

  1. breathe spasmodically, and make a sound

Word origin

From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
  • 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.
  • There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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