From earlier hickop , alteration of earlier hicket , hyckock , from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock ( diminutive suffix ) .
Akin to Scots hick , hix ( “ hiccup ” ) , West Frisian hik ( “ hiccup ” ) , Dutch hik ( “ hiccup ” ) , Middle Low German hükup , huckup , hueckup (modern Low German hick ( “ hiccup ” ) ), German hicksen ( “ to hiccup ” , verb ) , Alemannic German Hidsgi ( “ hiccup ” ) , Danish hikke ( “ hiccup ” ) , Swedish hicka ( “ hiccup ” ) , hicka ( “ to hiccup ” , verb ) , Icelandic hiksti ( “ hiccup ” ) .
Displaced Middle English yexen , ȝisken , ȝixen , ȝoxen ( “ to hiccup ” ) , from Old English ġiscian , ġeocsian ( “ to hiccup ” ) .
hiccup (plural hiccups )
A spasm of the diaphragm , or the resulting sound.
There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
A case of the hiccups ; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus ; diaphragmatic myoclonus .
( by extension ) Any spasm or sudden change.
2010 , Oli Smith, Nuclear Time , page 197 :Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.
( informal ) A minor setback .
There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.
spasm of the diaphragm
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Afrikaans: hik
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Assamese: হেঁকটি ( hẽkoti ) , হিঁকটি ( hĩkoti )
Albanian: lemzë (sq) f
Arabic: حَازُوقَة f ( ḥāzūqa ) , فُوَاق (ar) m ( fuwāq )
Egyptian Arabic: زغطة f ( zuġuTTa )
Gulf Arabic: بفاق , بو فاق m ( bufāg )
Hijazi Arabic: فهيقة f ( fuhēga )
Moroccan Arabic: فواقة f ( fuwwāqa )
Armenian: զկռտոց (hy) ( zkṙtocʻ )
Aromanian: sugljits
Asturian: hipu m , sollutu , relluezu , sipu
Balinese: ᬘᭂᬓᬸᬢᬦ᭄ ( cekutan )
Basque: zotin
Belarusian: ікаўка f ( ikaŭka )
Bengali: হেঁচকা ( hẽcka ) , হেঁচকি (bn) ( hẽcki )
Bikol Central: sinok (bcl)
Bulgarian: хълцане n ( hǎlcane )
Burmese: ကြို့ထိုးခြင်း ( krui.htui:hkrang: )
Calabrian Greek: sogliuttu , suggiuttu
Catalan: singlot (ca) m
Cebuano: sid-ok
Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎫᏯᏍᏗ ( uwaguyasdi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 打思肊 ( daa2 si1 jik1 )
Mandarin: 打嗝(兒) / 打嗝(儿) (zh) ( dǎgé[r] ) , ( technical ) 呃逆 (zh) ( ènì )
Crimean Tatar: qıltıq , çıqrıq
Czech: škytnutí n , škytavka (cs) f
Danish: hikke (da) m , hik n
Dutch: hik (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཧིག་ཀུ ( hig ku )
Esperanto: singulto
Estonian: luksumine , luksatus
Faroese: hist n , histi m , histan f
Finnish: hikka (fi) , nikotus (fi)
French: hoquet (fr) m
Friulian: sangloç m
Galician: salouco m , impo m
Georgian: სლოკინი ( sloḳini )
German: Schluckauf (de) m
Alemannic German: hitsgi , glugsi
Greek: λόξιγκας (el) m ( lóxigkas )
Ancient: λύγξ f ( lúnx )
Hebrew: שיהוק (he) m ( shihúk )
Hiligaynon: sid-o , sikdo
Hindi: हिचकी (hi) ( hickī )
Hungarian: csuklás (hu)
Icelandic: hiksti (is) m
Ido: hipo (io)
Ilocano: saiddek
Indonesian: cegukan (id)
Ingrian: nikko , nikossus
Irish: fail f , snag m
Italian: singhiozzo (it) m , singulto (it) m
Japanese: しゃっくり (ja) ( shakkuri ) , ヒック ( hikku )
Kapampangan: siguk
Karachay-Balkar: zukko ( zukko )
Kazakh: ықылық ( yqylyq )
Khmer: ត្អើក (km) ( tʼaək )
Kikuyu: mwegetho class 3
Kinaray-a: sid-o
Korean: 딸꾹질 (ko) ( ttalkkukjil )
Koyraboro Senni: heku
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نِزگەرە ( nizgere )
Laki: نِزگیرە ( nizgîre )
Northern: îsk (ku) f , qulpik (ku) f , hîqik (ku) f
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Latgalian: klikss
Latin: singultus m
Latvian: žagas
Lingala: esékúséku , liséséku
Lithuanian: žagsulys
Macedonian: ика́вица f ( ikávica )
Malagasy: solavady (mg)
Malayalam: ഇക്കിൾ (ml) ( ikkiḷ ) , എക്കിൾ (ml) ( ekkiḷ )
Maltese: sulluzzu m
Maori: tokopuhake
Marathi: उचकी ( uckī )
Mon: လှိုက် ( hlak )
Mongolian: ᠵᠣᠭᠢᠰᠤᠯᠲᠠ ( ǰogisulta ) , зогьсолт ( zogʹsolt )
Neapolitan: selluzzo , segliùzzo
Norwegian: hikke (no)
Old English: sogoþa m , ælfsogoþa m
Persian: سکسکه (fa) ( sekseke ) , هکه ( hokke ) , هکک (fa) ( hekkak )
Polish: czkawka (pl) f
Portuguese: soluço (pt) m
Quechua: hik'iy
Romanian: sughiț (ro)
Russian: ико́та (ru) f ( ikóta )
Sanskrit: हिक्का (sa) ( hikkā )
Sicilian: sugghiuzzu (scn)
Slovak: čkavka f , štikútavka f , čkanie n
Slovene: kolc m , kolcanje n
Spanish: hipo (es) m , singulto m
Sranan Tongo: tikotiko
Sundanese: sisidueun (su)
Swahili: kwikwi (sw)
Swedish: hickning c
Tagalog: sinok , sigok , siyok
Tamil: விக்கல் (ta) ( vikkal )
Tatar: oçqılıq
Telugu: ఎక్కిళ్ళు (te) ( ekkiḷḷu )
Thai: สะอึก (th) ( sà-ʉ̀k )
Turkish: hıçkırık (tr)
Ukrainian: ги́кавка f ( hýkavka ) , и́кавка f ( ýkavka ) , і́кавка f ( íkavka )
Venetian: sangiuto (vec) m , sangiut , sangioto , sangiot
Vietnamese: cái nấc
Waray-Waray: sikdo
Welsh: ig f
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Yiddish: שלוקערץ m ( shlukerts )
Yucatec Maya: please add this translation if you can
Yup'ik: please add this translation if you can
Zazaki: zıqlık f
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups , present participle hiccuping or hiccupping , simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped )
( intransitive ) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups .
( transitive ) To say with a hiccup.
"I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped .
( intransitive ) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.
to hiccup
Arabic: فَوَاقَ (ar) ( fawāqa )
Egyptian Arabic: زغطة f ( zuḡuṭṭa )
Armenian: զկռտալ (hy) ( zkṙtal )
Aromanian: sugljits
Asturian: sollutir , sollutar
Azerbaijani: hıçqırmaq
Belarusian: іка́ць impf ( ikácʹ )
Bulgarian: хъ́лцам (bg) impf ( hǎ́lcam )
Catalan: singlotar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 打嗝(兒) / 打嗝(儿) (zh) ( dǎgé[r] ) , ( technical ) 呃逆 (zh) ( ènì )
Czech: škytat impf , škytnout pf ( semelfactive )
Danish: hikke (da)
Dutch: hikken (nl)
Estonian: luksuma , luksatama
Faroese: hista
Finnish: nikotella (fi) , hikotella , hikata
French: hoqueter (fr) , avoir le hoquet
Galician: saloucar , impar , salouzar
Georgian: დასლოკინება ( dasloḳineba ) , წამოსლოკინება ( c̣amosloḳineba ) , ასლოკინებს ( asloḳinebs )
German: hicksen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: λύζω ( lúzō )
Hebrew: שיהק
Hungarian: csuklik (hu)
Ido: hipar (io)
Ingrian: nikostaa , ikostaa ( once ) , nikossella ( multiple times )
Irish: déan snag , déan fail
Italian: singhiozzare (it)
Japanese: しゃっくりをする (ja) ( shakkuri o suru )
Kazakh: ық ету ( yq etu ) , ықылық ату ( yqylyq atu ) , ықылықтау ( yqylyqtau )
Korean: 딸꾹질하다 ( ttalkkukjilhada )
Kyrgyz: ыктытуу ( ıktıtuu ) , ык этүү ( ık etüü )
Latin: singulto
Latvian: žagoties
Lithuanian: žagsėti
Luxembourgish: hicken
Macedonian: ика impf ( ika ) , олца impf ( olca )
Malay: tersedu-sedu
Manchu: ᠵᠣᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ ( johombi )
Mongolian: зогөсох ( zogösox ) , зогьсох (mn) ( zogʹsox )
Norman: hiqu'ter
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hikke (no)
Oromo: hirqinfuu
Persian: سکسکه کردن ( sekseke kardan )
Polish: czkać (pl) impf , czknąć (pl) pf ( semelfactive )
Portuguese: soluçar (pt)
Romanian: sughița (ro)
Russian: ика́ть (ru) impf ( ikátʹ ) , икну́ть (ru) pf ( iknútʹ ) ( semelfactive )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: штуцати impf
Roman: štucati (sh) impf
Slovak: čkať impf , začkať , zaštikútať
Slovene: kolcati impf
Spanish: hipar (es)
Swedish: hicka (sv)
Tajik: ҳиққак задан ( hiqqak zadan )
Thai: สะอึก (th) ( sà-ʉ̀k )
Turkish: hıçkırmak (tr)
Turkmen: synçgylawuk
Ukrainian: гика́ти impf ( hykáty ) , іка́ти impf ( ikáty )
Uzbek: hiqichoq (uz)
Vietnamese: nấc cụt , nấc (vi)
Welsh: igian (cy)
Yiddish: שלוקערצן ( shlukertsn )