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hiccuplike

hiccuplike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a hiccup.

Adjective

hiccuplike (comparative more hiccuplike, superlative most hiccuplike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hiccup.
    • Later, raising her arms overhead like a gymnast, Ms. Olson sprints across the stage, only to chicken out, performing a barely perceptible, hiccuplike jump.2007 April 21, Gia Kourlas, “Worldly Lights and Darks Versus Childhood Ups and Downs”, in New York Times

Forms of hiccuplike

comparativemore hiccuplike
superlativemost hiccuplike

Origin of hiccuplike

From hiccup + -like.

Questions about hiccuplike

What does hiccuplike mean?
Hiccuplike means resembling or characteristic of a hiccup.
What part of speech is hiccuplike?
Hiccuplike is an adjective.

Words near hiccuplike in the dictionary

  1. hiccuped
  2. hiccuper
  3. hiccupers
  4. hiccuping
  5. hiccupings
  6. hiccuplike
  7. hiccupped
  8. hiccupper
  9. hiccuppers
  10. hiccupping
  11. hiccuppings

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