hic·cup

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• Hic-cup Pup — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Hic cup Pup series = Tom and Jerry caption = director = William Hanna Joseph Barbera story artist = William Hanna Joseph Barbera animator = Ed Barge Kenneth Muse Ray Patterson Irven Spence producer = Fred… …   Wikipedia

• hic|cup — …   Useful english dictionary

• hic — hic; hic·a·tee; hic·can; hic·cius; hic·cup nut; se·le·no·grap·hic; ve·hic·u·lar; hic·cup; …   English syllables

• cup — cup; cup·fer·ron; cup·ful; cup·less; cup·man; cup·pen; cup·py; cup·stone; tea·cup·ful; cup·pa; cup·board; hic·cup; cup·pin; …   English syllables

• cup-nut — hic·cup nut; …   English syllables

• hiccup — hic·cup …   English syllables

• hiccup or hiccough — hic|cup1 or hic|cough [ hı,kʌp ] noun count 1. ) a short repeated sound that you make in your throat without intending to, usually because you have been eating or drinking too quickly a ) get/have (the) hiccups to start making hiccup sounds and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hiccup — hic•cup or hic•cough [[t]ˈhɪk ʌp, əp[/t]] n. v. cuped cupped or coughed, cup•ing cup•ping or cough•ing 1) pat a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a… …   From formal English to slang

• hiccup-nut — hic·cup nut …   English syllables

• Hiccup — A hiccup is an extraordinary type of respiratory movement involving a sudden inspiration (intake of air) due to an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm accompanied by closure of the glottis (the vocal apparatus of the larynx). The abrupt… …   Medical dictionary