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hiccupping

hiccupping is the present participle and gerund of hiccup.

Meaning of hiccup

Verb

hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups, present participle hiccuping or hiccupping, simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped)

  1. (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
  2. (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
    • "I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.
  3. (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
    • The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.

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Noun

hiccupping (plural hiccuppings)

  1. The making of a hiccup noise.

Forms of hiccupping

pluralhiccuppings

Questions about hiccupping

What does hiccupping mean?
Hiccupping means the making of a hiccup noise.
What is hiccupping the present participle and gerund of?
Hiccupping is the present participle and gerund of hiccup.
What part of speech is hiccupping?
Hiccupping is a noun.
What is the plural of hiccupping?
The plural of hiccupping is hiccuppings.

Words near hiccupping in the dictionary

  1. hiccupings
  2. hiccuplike
  3. hiccupped
  4. hiccupper
  5. hiccuppers
  6. hiccupping
  7. hiccuppings
  8. hiccups
  9. hiccupy
  10. hice
  11. Hices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hiccupping (page history and authors); hiccup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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