hiccups in English

noun
1
an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with a sudden closure of the glottis and a characteristic sound like that of a cough.
Everyday hiccups don't need medical treatment, as they will go away on their own.
verb
1
suffer from or make the sound of a hiccup or series of hiccups.
Her dark eyes are wide with childish terror, and she hiccups so dramatically that, at first, she cannot speak at all.
noun
    hiccoughsingultus
verb
    hiccough

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1. She laughed so much she got hiccups.

2. 20 I ate too quickly and got hiccups.

3. After sitting quietly for some time, Mrs. Lin gradually hiccups, and began her usual doting routine.

4. Our body automatically does this when we cough, sneeze, or have the hiccups.

5. I loved it, but it was so spicy hot that it gave me hiccups!

6. Better stay on the line, Will, until we're done, in case of any hiccups.

7. Alching/Cannoneering at the same time with 0 hiccups for about 1 hour straight now

8. In this review the available knowledge on the management of belching, hiccups, and Aerophagia is discussed.

9. A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.

10. Foreign Secretary: I do not want to start characterizing what is under stress, what is hiccups etc.

11. These solutions are intended to help a variety of baby ailments, including gas, Colic, upset stomachs, reflux, and hiccups.

12. Chlorpromazine is also used in adults to treat nausea and vomiting, anxiety before surgery, chronic hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria, and symptoms of tetanus.

13. If the snake so much as hiccups as the rat inches along, the market analysts and social prognosticators pounce.

14. Chlorpromazine is also used in adults to treat nausea and vomiting, anxiety before surgery, chronic hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria, and symptoms of tetanus.

15. When functional Aerophagia is associated with various gastrointestinal symptoms, such as burping, abdominal pain, flatulence and hiccups, this condition is defined as pathologic Aerophagia 2)

16. Chlorpromazine is also used in adults to treat nausea and vomiting, anxiety before surgery, chronic hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria, and symptoms of tetanus.

17. Chlorpromazine is also used in adults to treat nausea and vomiting, anxiety before surgery, chronic hiccups, acute intermittent porphyria, and symptoms of tetanus.

18. Similar to a weekend wedding Coordinator, a day-of Coordinator is there to make sure your wedding takes place with minimal hiccups

19. All in all, I consider these little adventures and hiccups to be somewhat frustrating at times but once you become accustomed, it's all fun and games!

20. I have had several incidents where obtaining durable medical equipment had hiccups, but there has ALWAYS been an Alick on site to ensure the problems were addressed professionally, promptly, with kindness and care.

21. Fun fact: Jamaica is the only country that processes Ackee commercially for export! This began in the 1950s (though there were some bumps and hiccups along the way – some of these issues along with toxicity is discussed here).

22. But the idea that we can gently grow there with a few minor hiccups is just wrong, and it's dangerously wrong, because it means we're not getting ready for what's really going to happen.

23. American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor—the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids—and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.

24. American Cornball is Christopher Miller's irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor—the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids—and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today.