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A Postcard from the Day — Infobox Album Name = A Postcard from the Day Type = live Artist = The Slickee Boys Released = 2006 Recorded = 1980–1982 Genre = Rock Length = 70:59 Label = Dacoit Producer = Reviews = Black to Comm (favorable)… … Wikipedia
hiccup — I = hiccough hiccup UK [ˈhɪkʌp] / US [ˈhɪˌkʌp] or hiccough UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hiccup : singular hiccup plural hiccups Word forms hiccough : singular hiccough plural hiccoughs 1) a short repeated sound that you make in your throat … English dictionary
hiccup — I. noun also hiccough Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1580 1. a spasmodic inhalation with closure of the glottis accompanied by a peculiar sound 2. an attack of hiccuping usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. 3. a. a slight… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Charles Osborne (hiccups) — Charles Osborne Born December 14, 1893(1893 12 14) Anthon, Iowa Died May 1, 1991(1991 05 01) (aged 97) Sioux City, Iowa Charles Osborne (December 1893 – May 1, 1991) … Wikipedia
hiccup — /hik up, euhp/, n., v., hiccuped or hiccupped, hiccuping or hiccupping. n. 1. a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound. 2.… … Universalium
hiccup — hic|cup1 hiccough [ˈhıkʌp, kəp] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [usually plural] a sudden repeated stopping of the breath, usually caused by eating or drinking too fast get/have hiccups BrE ; get/have the hiccups AmE ▪ Don t drink … Dictionary of contemporary English
hiccup — [[t]hɪ̱kʌp[/t]] hiccups, hiccuping, hiccupping (present participle), hiccuped, hiccupped (past tense & past participle) also hiccough 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft n N, N in n You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a hiccup,… … English dictionary
hiccup (hiccough) — 1 noun (C) 1 (usually plural) a sudden, quick, movement of your diaphragm (1) that happens repeatedly and uncontrollably for a short time: get/have hiccups: Don t drink so fast you ll get hiccups. 2 a small problem or delay: Fortunately, the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hiccup — [ˈhɪkʌp] noun [C] I 1) a short repeated sound that you make in your throat because you have been eating or drinking too quickly 2) informal a small problem, or a problem that causes a short delay II (present participle hiccupping; past tense and… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hiccup — [hik′up΄, hik′əp] n. [altered < Early ModE hikop, hickock, hicket, of echoic orig. (as also in MDu huckup): var. sp. from assoc. with COUGH] 1. a sudden, involuntary contraction of the diaphragm when it begins to allow air into the lungs only… … English World dictionary
