Usually means: Involuntary spasm of diaphragm muscle.
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  1. hiccup: Merriam-Webster
  2. hiccup: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hiccup: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hiccup: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hiccup: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hiccup, hiccup: Wordnik
  7. hiccup: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hiccup: Wiktionary
  9. hiccup: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hiccup (hiccough): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hiccup: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. hiccup: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hiccup: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hiccup (disambiguation), Hiccup: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hiccup: Rhymezone
  17. hiccup: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. hiccup: FreeDictionary.org
  19. hiccup: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. hiccup: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. hiccup: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hiccup: Encyclopedia

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  1. hiccup: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. hiccup: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hiccuped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
noun:  A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.
noun:  (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
noun:  (informal) A minor obstacle or setback.
verb:  (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
verb:  (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
verb:  (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

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