hiccup, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

hiccup (hiccups plural & 3rd person present) (hiccuping present participle) (hiccupping present participle) (hiccuped past tense & past participle) (hiccupped past tense & past participle ), hiccough

1 n-count 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.
usu with supp, oft n N, N in n
A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...

2 n-uncount When you have hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly.
also the N
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 When you hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat.
She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole. V