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How to pronounce “hiccup”
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Pronunciation guide for hiccup
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hiccup with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 17 minutes
It has a little cough and a hiccup, and out comes sprays of little frogs.
- Definition summary
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
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How to pronounce hiccup
Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 17 minutes
It has a little cough and a hiccup, and out comes sprays of little frogs.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hiccup”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- (informal) A minor obstacle or setback.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
- (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
- (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
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