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hiccoughy

hiccoughy adjective: resembling or characterized by hiccoughs.

Adjective

hiccoughy (comparative more hiccoughy, superlative most hiccoughy)

  1. Resembling or characterized by hiccoughs.
    • The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

Forms of hiccoughy

comparativemore hiccoughy
superlativemost hiccoughy
alternative formhiccupy

Origin of hiccoughy

From hiccough + -y.

Questions about hiccoughy

What does hiccoughy mean?
Hiccoughy means resembling or characterized by hiccoughs.
What part of speech is hiccoughy?
Hiccoughy is an adjective.

Words near hiccoughy in the dictionary

  1. hiccougher
  2. hiccoughers
  3. hiccoughing
  4. hiccoughings
  5. hiccoughs
  6. hiccoughy
  7. hiccup
  8. hiccuped
  9. hiccuper
  10. hiccupers
  11. hiccuping

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