hiccough
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɪ.kəp/, /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪ.kəp/, /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
- Rhymes: -ɪkəp
- Homophone: hiccup (RP)
Usage notes edit
Hiccough is a later spelling, and an example of folk etymology.
Noun edit
hiccough (plural hiccoughs)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
hiccup — see hiccup
Verb edit
hiccough (third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of hiccup
- 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 87:
- I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment.
Translations edit
hiccup — see hiccup