hiccup
hic|cup /h'ɪkʌp/ (hiccups hiccuping or hiccupping hiccuped or hiccupped)
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, especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right.
A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
When you have hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly.
A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.
3 [N-COUNT]
A hiccup is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups.
4 [VERB] V
When you hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat.
She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.
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, especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right.
A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...
2 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
When you have hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly.
A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.
3 [N-COUNT]
A hiccup is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups.
4 [VERB] V
When you hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat.
She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.