(Usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion.
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Examples for "hiccup "
1 Guidanian has described the incident as a hiccup Lebanon will soon overcome.
2 When it comes to FDI, 2020 will be seen as a hiccup .
3 Every now and then, a hiccup foreshadowed the incredible turmoil to come.
4 The hiccup is mostly a function of the Vision Fund's unusual structure.
5 The chase was easy enough, the odd hiccup of a wicket aside.
1 Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years' standing.
2 The Ephemerides mentions singultus as a cause of abortion.
3 Parker reports four rebellious cases of singultus successfully treated by dry cups applied to the abdomen.
4 Dexter reports a case of long-continued singultus in an Irish girl of eighteen, ascribed to habitual masturbation.
5 The Ephemerides mentions a person in whom coitus habitually caused vomiting, and another in whom excessive sexual indulgence provoked singultus .
1 My physical state is deplorable - perpetual hiccough and ptosis of the left eyelid.
2 A great hiccough which was almost a sob rose from Herb's throat.
3 In consequence the hiccough lessened, but my strength declined with it.
4 Suddenly she began to hiccough , and she had no control over the hiccough .
5 The sententiousness of this aphorism was unhappily marred by a hiccough .
6 A hiccough near us caused us to look toward the door.
7 Infrequently hiccough may be the result of cold feet, or a surface chill.
8 Once might almost fancy it gave a little, subdued hiccough , as they approached.
9 Her half-opened eyes were dim; every now and then a hiccough shook her.
10 With another hiccough , he added: But there's no hurry, old sport.
11 In hiccough , the contraction is more sudden and spasmodic than in laughing or sobbing.
12 Ernest turned a chuckle into a hiccough and followed Roger over to the well.
13 Every time they hiccough let them have an extra slap in memory of me.
14 Constipation may be very obstinate, vomiting may be present and persistent and hiccough present.
15 Every hiccough of our sewers costs us a thousand francs.
16 Clitellus, with a hiccough , slid to the floor beside Summanus.
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