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Hickuped vs Hiccuped - What's the difference?

hickuped | hiccuped |

As verbs the difference between hickuped and hiccuped

is that hickuped is past tense of hickup while hiccuped is past tense of hiccup.

hickuped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hickup)

    • hickup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    • hiccuped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hiccup)

    • 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.