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hiccough

NOUN
hiccup
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There is finally a hiccough in this Colts drive, though, as Garcon puts down a pass on third and four.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2010

When she sat down at a chemin de fer table, she began to hiccough, loudly.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she awoke her mind was so occupied with her new, counter-irritating misery that she forgot to hiccough, was cured.

From Time Magazine Archive

The child may shake his head, nod, frown, scowl, blink, grimace, twist his mouth, sniff, hack, swallow, cough, sigh, hiccough, wiggle his ears, jerk his limbs, scratch himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he wasn’t, for the moment his father peeped at him, Demi’s eyes opened, his little chin began to quiver, and he put up his arms, saying with a penitent hiccough, “Me’s dood, now.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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