Noun

(en noun)

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.

(by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.

* 2010 , Oli Smith, Nuclear Time (page 197)

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 setback.

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

Noun

(en-noun)

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

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A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

A puzzling circumstance.

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