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Hickup vs Hiccup - What's the difference?

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Hickup is an alternative form of hiccup.


As nouns the difference between hickup and hiccup

is that hickup is (hiccup) while hiccup is a spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.

As verbs the difference between hickup and hiccup

is that hickup is (hiccup) while hiccup is to have the hiccups.

hickup

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Verb

    • hiccup

    English

    (wikipedia hiccup)

    Alternative forms

    * hickup * hiccough (old-fashioned)

    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

    Hypernyms

    * (spasm of the diaphragm) myoclonus

    See also

    * hiccups

    Verb

  • To have the hiccups.