Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hiccup
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Hiccup
hiccup
hiccough ~1 n 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 computer problem was only a hiccup.) ~2 v hiccupped, hiccupping to have hiccups
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also hiccough (hiccups, hiccuping, or hiccupping, hiccuped, or hiccupped) 1. 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... N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft n N, N in n 2. 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. N-UNCOUNT: also the N 3. A hiccup is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups. N-COUNT 4. When you hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat. She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole. VERB: V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 ~ing — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. 3. a. a slight irregularity, error, or malfunction a few ~s in the computer system b. a usually minor and short-lived interruption or disruption, or change a ~ in the stock market II. intransitive verb also hiccough (~ed; also ~ped; ~ing; also ~ping) Date: circa 1580 to make a ~; also to be affected with ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. (also hiccough) --n. 1 a an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with sudden closure of the glottis and characteristic coughlike sound. b (in pl.) an attack of such spasms. 2 a temporary or minor stoppage or difficulty. --v. 1 intr. make a hiccup or series of hiccups. 2 tr. utter with a hiccup. Derivatives hiccupy adj. Etymology: imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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"икота" а) бирж. (кратковременное падение курса акций) See: crash б) эк. (внезапное небольшое отклонение конъюнктуры в противоположную сторону от долгосрочной тенденции) Syn: hiccough See: market condition HICCUP кратковременное падение курса акций ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. икота to have the hiccups —- икать to make a hiccup —- икнуть 2. кратковременное падение курса акций 3. икать 4. "чихать", барахлить (о моторе и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1580, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, considered imitative of the sound of hiccuping (cf. Fr. hoquet, Dan. hikke, etc.); modern spelling first recorded 1788; hiccough (1626) is by mistaken association with cough. Replaced O.E. жlfsogoрa, so called because hiccups were thought to be caused by elves. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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