hicup.html - int.
expressing the sound of a hiccup, esp. a drunken hiccup. [imit.]

hicup.html - n.
an epitaph. [L, = here lies]

hicup.html - n. & v.
(also hiccough) --n.

1 a an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with sudden closure of the glottis and characteristic coughlike sound. b (in pl.) an attack of such spasms.
2 a temporary or minor stoppage or difficulty.

--v.

1 intr. make a hiccup or series of hiccups.
2 tr. utter with a hiccup.

hiccupy adj. [imit.]

hicup.html - n.
esp. US colloq. a country dweller; a provincial. [pet-form of the name Richard: cf. DICK(1)]

hicup.html - n.
(pl. -eys) US colloq. a gadget (cf. DOOHICKEY). [20th c.: orig. unkn.]

hicup.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 any N. American tree of the genus Carya, yielding tough heavy wood and bearing nutlike edible fruits (see PECAN ).
2 a the wood of these trees. b a stick made of this. [native Virginian pohickery]