Usually means: Involuntary spasm of diaphragm muscle.
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  1. hiccuped: Merriam-Webster
  2. hiccuped: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hiccuped: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hiccuped: Vocabulary.com
  5. hiccuped: Wordnik
  6. hiccuped: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hiccuped: Wiktionary
  8. hiccuped: Dictionary.com
  9. hiccuped: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. hiccuped: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hiccuped: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hiccuped: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. hiccuped: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hiccup)

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.
▸ Also see hiccup


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