āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to hiccup
01
āĻšāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻšāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to make a sudden, involuntary sound caused by a spasm of the diaphragm, often as a result of eating or drinking too quickly
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She hiccupped repeatedly, a sign that she might have eaten too fast.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
Hiccup
01
āĻšāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋ
a sudden, involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and associated respiratory muscles that causes a characteristic clicking sound as the glottis snaps shut
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The infant 's hiccups settled down after a gentle burp and a feed.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ āĻĸā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻĄā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž
an interruption or problem in a process or plan that is usually temporary and recoverable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We had a brief scheduling hiccup but rescheduled the meeting for the same week.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
