Hiccup or Hiccough, Which Do You Say?
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BlondieBoomer
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I say hiccup. Hiccough sounds like he coughed on top of a hiccup. :ambivalence:
Warrigal
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Hiccups in Australia.
They are always pleural as in "I've got the hiccups."
They are always pleural as in "I've got the hiccups."
bluebreezes
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I say hiccup too, but I see in the dictionary that hiccough is an alternate spelling and pronunciation.
Warrigal
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I saw another variation - hickup.
Andyv
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hiccup in England
Falcon
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Hiccup. I've never heard anybody say "hiccaugh".
They are: Spasms of the diaphragm.
They are: Spasms of the diaphragm.
Pappy
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Hiccup all the way. I get them a lot lately. 
jujube
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What famous cowboy had the worst involuntary diaphragm spasms? Why, Wild Bill Hiccup, of course!
Ruth n Jersey
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Hiccup. Lately my hiccups have been a side effect of all the goodies left from Thanksgiving.
RadishRose
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Hiccup. I never heard anyone say "hiccough".
I knew a gal who called them the "hicky-pup's to be funny.
I knew a gal who called them the "hicky-pup's to be funny.
RadishRose
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That's so funny, I laughed out loud for real! Thanks Nancy.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hiccough
hiccough
hic·cup
also hic·cough (h?k??p)n.1. a. A spasm of the diaphragm resulting in a rapid, involuntary inhalation that is stopped by the sudden closure of the glottis and accompanied by a sharp, distinctive sound.
b. hiccups also hiccoughs An attack of these spasms. Often used with the.
2. The sound made by such a spasm or a sound resembling it: "the urgent hiccup of a police siren" (John Updike).
3. A usually minor setback, impediment, or difficulty; a hitch: "As long as the Fed remains fearful to act lest it be blamed for any economic hiccup, market uncertainty will continue" (Kevin Brady).
intr.v. hic·cupped, hic·cup·ping, hic·cups also hic·coughed or hic·cough·ing or hic·coughs 1. To make a hiccup or a sound like a hiccup.
2. To have an attack of hiccups.
hiccough
Past participle: hiccoughed
Gerund: hiccoughing
ImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast Conditional
Imperative
hiccough
hiccough
Present
I hiccough
you hiccough
he/she/it hiccoughs
we hiccough
you hiccough
they hiccough
Preterite
I hiccoughed
you hiccoughed
he/she/it hiccoughed
we hiccoughed
you hiccoughed
they hiccoughed
Present Continuous
I am hiccoughing
you are hiccoughing
he/she/it is hiccoughing
we are hiccoughing
you are hiccoughing
they are hiccoughing
Present Perfect
I have hiccoughed
you have hiccoughed
he/she/it has hiccoughed
we have hiccoughed
you have hiccoughed
they have hiccoughed
Past Continuous
I was hiccoughing
you were hiccoughing
he/she/it was hiccoughing
we were hiccoughing
you were hiccoughing
they were hiccoughing
Past Perfect
I had hiccoughed
you had hiccoughed
he/she/it had hiccoughed
we had hiccoughed
you had hiccoughed
they had hiccoughed
Future
I will hiccough
you will hiccough
he/she/it will hiccough
we will hiccough
you will hiccough
they will hiccough
Future Perfect
I will have hiccoughed
you will have hiccoughed
he/she/it will have hiccoughed
we will have hiccoughed
you will have hiccoughed
they will have hiccoughed
Future Continuous
I will be hiccoughing
you will be hiccoughing
he/she/it will be hiccoughing
we will be hiccoughing
you will be hiccoughing
they will be hiccoughing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hiccoughing
you have been hiccoughing
he/she/it has been hiccoughing
we have been hiccoughing
you have been hiccoughing
they have been hiccoughing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hiccoughing
you will have been hiccoughing
he/she/it will have been hiccoughing
we will have been hiccoughing
you will have been hiccoughing
they will have been hiccoughing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hiccoughing
you had been hiccoughing
he/she/it had been hiccoughing
we had been hiccoughing
you had been hiccoughing
they had been hiccoughing
Conditional
I would hiccough
you would hiccough
he/she/it would hiccough
we would hiccough
you would hiccough
they would hiccough
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Past Conditional
I would have hiccoughed
you would have hiccoughed
he/she/it would have hiccoughed
we would have hiccoughed
you would have hiccoughed
they would have hiccoughed
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Noun
1.
inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Verb
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hiccough - breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"hiccup
breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
Falcon
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:wave: Hi Peanut. :welcome: to the forum.
We have a few folks from "OZ" here; Warri & Rainee, to name two.
We have a few folks from "OZ" here; Warri & Rainee, to name two.
steelcitiesgray
New Member
Hiccup. Never heard of hiccough. It's the only "side effect" I have from my migraine meds and it's listed on the paperwork for side effects as "hiccup". My doctor thinks that's funny. I'm going to start telling him I have "hiccoughs" instead of hiccups.
OneEyedDiva
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I and everyone I know says Hiccup.
