Definition of "hiccough"

hiccough

/ˈhɪ.kəp/

noun
plural hiccoughs
1. (dated) Alternative spelling of hiccup
verb
third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed
1. (dated) Alternative spelling of hiccup
  Quotations
  I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment.
  1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], page 87