Hiccup

//ˈhɪkʌp//

Synonyms for "hiccup" (69 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

aqua lung aqua-lung artificial respiration aspiration asthmatic wheeze belch blow breath breath of air breathe breathe hard breathe in breathe out breathing

Strong matches (21)

broken wind burp cough eruct eructate eructation exhalation exhale exhaust expel expiration expire exsufflation gas gasp gulp hack huff

Noun(2 words)

hang-up hiccough

Verb(1 words)

hiccough

Related words (34)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

14 entries

breathe inborn reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex myoclonus physiological reaction reflex reflex action reflex response respire suspire symptom take a breath unconditioned reflex

Related terms

1 entries

hiccups

derived

3 entries

hiccuper hiccuplike hiccupy

etymologically related_to

3 entries

hic hickock ock

is a

3 entries

myoclonus reflex symptom

manner of

1 entries

breathe

motivated by_goal

1 entries

ate too fast

related to

4 entries

diaphragm hiccups setback spasm

similar

1 entries

setback

Translations

276 translations across 121 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

hik noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Albanian

1 entries

lemzë noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

λύγξ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
λύζω verb (to hiccup)

Arabic

4 entries

بفاق, بو فاق noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
حَازُوقَة noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
زغطة noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
فهيقة noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Armenian

2 entries

զկռտոց noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
զկռտալ verb (to hiccup)

Aromanian

2 entries

sugljits noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sugljits verb (to hiccup)

Assamese

2 entries

হিঁকটি noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
হেঁকটি noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Asturian

4 entries

hipu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
relluezu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sipu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sollutu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

hıçqırmaq verb (to hiccup)

Balinese

1 entries

cekutan noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Bangi

1 entries

liseséku noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Basque

1 entries

zotin noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Belarusian

2 entries

ікаўка noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
іка́ць verb (to hiccup)

Bengali

2 entries

হেঁচকা noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
হেঁচকি noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Bikol Central

1 entries

sinok noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Bulgarian

2 entries

хълцане noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
хъ́лцам verb (to hiccup)

Burmese

1 entries

ကြို့ထိုးခြင်း noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Buryat

2 entries

зоходолго noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
зоходохо verb (to hiccup)

Calabrian Greek

2 entries

sogliuttu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
suggiuttu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Catalan

2 entries

singlot noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
singlotar verb (to hiccup)

Cebuano

1 entries

sid-ok noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

نِزگەرە noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏩᎫᏯᏍᏗ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

打思噎 noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
打思肊 noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
打思噎 verb (to hiccup)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

呃逆 noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
打嗝（兒） /打嗝（儿） noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
呃逆 verb (to hiccup)
打嗝（兒） /打嗝（儿） verb (to hiccup)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

qıltıq noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
çıqrıq noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Czech

4 entries

háček noun (minor setback)
zádrhel noun (minor setback)
škytavka noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
škytnutí noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Danish

3 entries

hik noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hikke noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hikke verb (to hiccup)

Dutch

3 entries

hik noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
tegenvaller noun (minor setback)
hikken verb (to hiccup)

Dzongkha

1 entries

ཧིག་ཀུ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Esperanto

4 entries

malsukceso noun (minor setback)
obstaklo noun (minor setback)
singulto noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
singulti verb (to hiccup)

Estonian

4 entries

luksatus noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
luksumine noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
luksatama verb (to hiccup)
luksuma verb (to hiccup)

Faroese

4 entries

hist noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
histan noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
histi noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hista verb (to hiccup)

Finnish

4 entries

hikka noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
nikotus noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
takeltelu noun (minor setback)
yskintä noun (minor setback)

French

4 entries

accroc noun (minor setback)
anicroche noun (minor setback)
cahot noun (minor setback)
hoquet noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Friulian

1 entries

sangloç noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Galician

4 entries

impo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
salouco noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
impar verb (to hiccup)
saloucar verb (to hiccup)

Georgian

4 entries

სლოკინი noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ასლოკინებს verb (to hiccup)
დასლოკინება verb (to hiccup)
წამოსლოკინება verb (to hiccup)

German

4 entries

Schluckauf noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
glugsi noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hitsgi noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
kleiner Rückschlag noun (minor setback)

Greek

1 entries

λόξιγκας noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Hebrew

2 entries

שיהוק noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
שיהק verb (to hiccup)

Hiligaynon

2 entries

sid-o noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sikdo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Hindi

1 entries

हिचकी noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Hungarian

2 entries

csuklás noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
csuklik verb (to hiccup)

Icelandic

1 entries

hiksti noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Ido

2 entries

hipo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hipar verb (to hiccup)

Ilocano

1 entries

saiddek noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Indonesian

1 entries

cegukan noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Ingrian

4 entries

nikko noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
nikossus noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ikostaa verb (to hiccup)
nikossella verb (to hiccup)

Irish

4 entries

fail noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
snag noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
déan fail verb (to hiccup)
déan snag verb (to hiccup)

Italian

4 entries

contrattempo noun (minor setback)
imprevisto noun (minor setback)
singhiozzo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
singulto noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Japanese

3 entries

しゃっくり noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ヒック noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
しゃっくりをする verb (to hiccup)

Kapampangan

1 entries

siguk noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

zukko (zukko) noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Kazakh

4 entries

ықылық noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ық ету verb (to hiccup)
ықылық ату verb (to hiccup)
ықылықтау verb (to hiccup)

Khmer

1 entries

ត្អើក noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Kikuyu

1 entries

mwegetho noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Kinaray-a

1 entries

sid-o noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Korean

2 entries

딸꾹질 noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
딸꾹질하다 verb (to hiccup)

Koyraboro-Senni

1 entries

heku noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

ык этүү verb (to hiccup)
ыктытуу verb (to hiccup)

Laki

1 entries

نِزگیرە noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Latgalian

1 entries

klikss noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Latin

2 entries

singultus noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
singulto verb (to hiccup)

Latvian

2 entries

žagas noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
žagoties verb (to hiccup)

Lingala

4 entries

eseséku noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
esékúséku noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
liséséku noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sékuma verb (to hiccup)

Lithuanian

2 entries

žagsulys noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
žagsėti verb (to hiccup)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

hicken verb (to hiccup)

Macedonian

3 entries

ика́вица noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ика verb (to hiccup)
олца verb (to hiccup)

Malagasy

1 entries

solavady noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Malay

1 entries

tersedu-sedu verb (to hiccup)

Malayalam

2 entries

ഇക്കിൾ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
എക്കിൾ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Maltese

1 entries

sulluzzu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠵᠣᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ verb (to hiccup)

Marathi

1 entries

उचकी noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Mon

1 entries

လှိုက် noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Mongolian

4 entries

зогьсолт noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ᠵᠣᠭᠢᠰᠤᠯᠲᠠ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
зогьсох verb (to hiccup)
зогөсох verb (to hiccup)

Māori

1 entries

tokopuhake noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Neapolitan

2 entries

segliùzzo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
selluzzo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Norman

1 entries

hiqu'ter verb (to hiccup)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

hîqik noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
qulpik noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
îsk noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Norwegian

1 entries

hikke noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hikke verb (to hiccup)

Old English

2 entries

sogoþa noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
ælfsogoþa noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Oromo

1 entries

hirqinfuu verb (to hiccup)

Persian

4 entries

سکسکه noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
هکه noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
هکک noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
سکسکه کردن verb (to hiccup)

Polish

4 entries

czkawka noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
czkawka noun (minor setback)
czkać verb (to hiccup)
czknąć verb (to hiccup)

Portuguese

2 entries

soluço noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
soluçar verb (to hiccup)

Quechua

1 entries

hik'iy noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Romanian

2 entries

sughiț noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sughița verb (to hiccup)

Russian

4 entries

загво́здка noun (minor setback)
ико́та noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
небо́льшой сбой noun (minor setback)
ика́ть verb (to hiccup)

Samogitian

1 entries

žogseitė verb (to hiccup)

Sanskrit

1 entries

हिक्का noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

aileag noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

štucati verb (to hiccup)
штуцати verb (to hiccup)

Sicilian

1 entries

sugghiuzzu noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Slovak

4 entries

čkanie noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
čkavka noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
štikútavka noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
začkať verb (to hiccup)

Slovene

3 entries

kolc noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
kolcanje noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
kolcati verb (to hiccup)

Spanish

4 entries

contratiempo noun (minor setback)
hipido noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hipo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
jipido noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

tikotiko noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Sundanese

1 entries

sisidueun noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Swahili

1 entries

kwikwi noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Swedish

2 entries

hickning noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hicka verb (to hiccup)

Tagalog

3 entries

sigok noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sinok noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
siyok noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Tajik

1 entries

ҳиққак задан verb (to hiccup)

Tamil

1 entries

விக்கல் noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Tatar

1 entries

oçqılıq noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Telugu

1 entries

ఎక్కిళ్ళు noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Thai

2 entries

สะอึก noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
สะอึก verb (to hiccup)

Turkish

2 entries

hıçkırık noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
hıçkırmak verb (to hiccup)

Turkmen

1 entries

synçgylawuk verb (to hiccup)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ги́кавка noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
и́кавка noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
і́кавка noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
гика́ти verb (to hiccup)

Unami

1 entries

poikhàm verb (to hiccup)

Uzbek

1 entries

hiqichoq verb (to hiccup)

Venetan

4 entries

sangiot noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sangioto noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sangiut noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
sangiuto noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Vietnamese

3 entries

cái nấc noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
nấc verb (to hiccup)
nấc cụt verb (to hiccup)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

sikdo noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Welsh

2 entries

ig noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
igian verb (to hiccup)

Yiddish

2 entries

שלוקערץ noun (spasm of the diaphragm)
שלוקערצן verb (to hiccup)

Yup'ik

1 entries

negituqaq noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Zazaki

1 entries

zıqlık noun (spasm of the diaphragm)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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I hiccup a lot.

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I often hiccup.

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Imagine that you begin to hiccup and can't stop.

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Imagine that you started to hiccup and couldn't stop.

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