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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hiccough.

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Examples

  • Of the malecontent officers, who, as James believed, were impatient to desert, the great majority had probably given no pledge of their attachment to him except an idle word hiccoughed out when they were drunk, and forgotten when they were sober.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

  • "Don't mind me, my friend," Hootchinoo Bill hiccoughed, his hand upon Ans Handerson's shoulder.

    Too Much Gold 2010

  • Frona had put on her dried moccasins and risen to her feet, and was listening patiently to Jake Cornell, who hiccoughed a last incoherent toast.

    CHAPTER 20 2010

  • "Don't mind me, my friend," Hootchinoo Bill hiccoughed, his hand upon Ans Handerson's shoulder.

    TOO MUCH GOLD 2010

  • "Ay tank we haf another drink," hiccoughed Ans Handerson, craftily changing the subject against a more propitious time.

    TOO MUCH GOLD 2010

  • "Ay tank we haf another drink," hiccoughed Ans Handerson, craftily changing the subject against a more propitious time.

    Too Much Gold 2010

  • She hiccoughed and a ribbon of bile shot out from between her lips.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  •  Miss Bentley hiccoughed a cute little tinny laugh.

    Another Metamorphosis: A Moral Tale about Obsession 2010

  • With that he hiccoughed again, at least a 7.5 on the hiccough scale, and keeled over sideways.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • The combination “ough” can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains them all: “A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.”

    10 Weird Science Facts You Didn’t Know 2006

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