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hiccoughing

hiccoughing is the present participle and gerund of hiccough.

Meaning of hiccough

Verb

hiccough (third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed)

  1. Dated spelling of hiccup.
    • 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 […], →OCLC, page 87

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Noun

hiccoughing (plural hiccoughings)

  1. The making of a hiccough noise.

Forms of hiccoughing

pluralhiccoughings

Questions about hiccoughing

What does hiccoughing mean?
Hiccoughing means the making of a hiccough noise.
What is hiccoughing the present participle and gerund of?
Hiccoughing is the present participle and gerund of hiccough.
What part of speech is hiccoughing?
Hiccoughing is a noun.
What is the plural of hiccoughing?
The plural of hiccoughing is hiccoughings.

Words near hiccoughing in the dictionary

  1. hiccory
  2. hiccough
  3. hiccoughed
  4. hiccougher
  5. hiccoughers
  6. hiccoughing
  7. hiccoughings
  8. hiccoughs
  9. hiccoughy
  10. hiccup
  11. hiccuped

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