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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|hiccough}} {{qualifier|old-fashioned|hypercorrection}}
* {{l|en|hickup}}

===Etymology===
From earlier {{m|en|hickop}}, alteration of earlier {{m|en|hicket}}, {{m|en|hyckock}}, from {{m|en|hic}} ({{onomatopoeic|en|title=onomatopoeic}}) + {{m|en|-ock|pos=diminutive suffix}}.

Akin to {{cog|sco|hick}}, {{m|sco|hix|t=hiccup}}, {{cog|fy|hik|t=hiccup}}, {{cog|nl|hik|t=hiccup}}, {{cog|gml|hükup}}, {{m|gml|huckup}}, {{m|gml|hueckup}} (modern {{cog|nds|hick|t=hiccup}}), {{cog|de|hicksen|t=to hiccup|pos=verb}}, {{cog|gsw|Hidsgi|t=hiccup}}, {{cog|da|hikke|t=hiccup}}, {{cog|sv|hicka|t=hiccup}}, {{m|sv|hicka|t=to hiccup|pos=verb}}, {{cog|is|hiksti|t=hiccup}}.

Displaced {{noncog|enm|yexen}}, {{m|enm|ȝisken}}, {{m|enm|ȝixen}}, {{m|enm|ȝoxen|t=to hiccup}}, from {{noncog|ang|ġiscian}}, {{m|ang|ġeocsian|t=to hiccup}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈhɪkʌp/|/ˈhɪkəp/}}
* {{audio|en|En-UK-Hiccough.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪkəp|s=2}}
* {{hmp|en|hiccough}}
* {{hyphenation|en|hic|cup}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A spasm of the [[diaphragm]], or the resulting sound.
#: ''There was a loud '''hiccup''' from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.''
## A case of the [[hiccups]]; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; [[singultus]]; [[diaphragmatic]] [[myoclonus]].
# {{lb|en|by extension}} Any [[spasm]] or sudden change.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Oli Smith|title=Nuclear Time|page=197|passage=Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and '''hiccup''' in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.}}
# {{lb|en|informal}} A [[minor]] [[setback]].
#: {{ux|en|There's been a slight '''hiccup''' in the processing of this quarter's results.}}

====Hypernyms====
* {{sense|spasm of the diaphragm}} {{l|en|myoclonus}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|spasm of the diaphragm}}
* Abkhaz: {{t-needed|ab}}
* Adyghe: {{t-needed|ady}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|hik}}
* Aghwan: {{t-needed|xag}}
* Akan: {{t-needed|ak}}
* Aklanon: {{t-needed|akl}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|হেঁকটি}}, {{t|as|হিঁকটি}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|lemzë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَازُوقَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|فُوَاق|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|acw|زغطة|f|tr=zuġuTTa}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|[[بفاق]], [[بو فاق]]|m|tr=bufāg}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|فهيقة|f|tr=fuhēga}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|فواقة|f|tr=fuwwāqa}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|զկռտոց}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|sugljits}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|hipu|m}}, {{t|ast|sollutu}}, {{t|ast|relluezu}}, {{t|ast|sipu}}
* Balinese: {{t|ban|ᬘᭂᬓᬸᬢᬦ᭄|tr=cekutan}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|zotin}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ікаўка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|হেঁচকা|tr=hẽcka}}, {{t+|bn|হেঁচকি|tr=hẽcki}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|sinok}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|хълцане|n}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ကြို့ထိုးခြင်း|sc=Mymr}}
* Calabrian Greek: {{t|grk-cal|sogliuttu}}, {{t|grk-cal|suggiuttu}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|singlot|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|sid-ok}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎤᏩᎫᏯᏍᏗ|sc=Cher}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|打思肊|tr=daa2 si1 jik1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|打嗝|alt=打嗝（兒）|tr=dǎgé[r]}}{{attention|cmn|are those really nouns as well as verbs??}}, {{qualifier|technical}} {{t+|cmn|呃逆|tr=ènì}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|qıltıq}}, {{t|crh|çıqrıq}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|škytnutí|n}}, {{t+|cs|škytavka|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hikke|m}}, {{t|da|hik|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hik|m}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ཧིག་ཀུ}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|singulto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|luksumine}}, {{t|et|luksatus}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|hist|n}}, {{t|fo|histi|m}}, {{t|fo|histan|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hikka}}, {{t+|fi|nikotus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|hoquet|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|sangloç|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|salouco|m}}, {{t|gl|impo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სლოკინი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schluckauf|m}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|hitsgi}}, {{t|gsw|glugsi}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λόξιγκας|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|λύγξ|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שיהוק|m|tr=shihúk}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|sid-o}}, {{t|hil|sikdo}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|हिचकी|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csuklás}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hiksti|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|hipo}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|saiddek}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|cegukan}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|nikko}}, {{t|izh|nikossus}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|fail|f}}, {{t|ga|snag|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|singhiozzo|m}}, {{t+|it|singulto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|しゃっくり|tr=shakkuri}}, {{t|ja|ヒック|tr=hikku}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|siguk}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{t|krc|zukko|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|ықылық|sc=Cyrl}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ត្អើក}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|mwegetho|c3}}
* Kinaray-a: {{t|krj|sid-o}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|딸꾹질}}
* Koyraboro Senni: {{t|ses|heku}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|نِزگەرە}}
*: Laki: {{t|lki|نِزگیرە}}
*: Northern: {{t+|kmr|îsk|f}}, {{t+|kmr|qulpik|f}}, {{t+|kmr|hîqik|f}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|klikss}}
* Latin: {{t|la|singultus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|žagas}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|esékúséku}}, {{t|ln|liséséku}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žagsulys}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ика́вица|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|solavady}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഇക്കിൾ}}, {{t+|ml|എക്കിൾ}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|sulluzzu|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tokopuhake}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|उचकी}}
* Mon: {{t|mnw|လှိုက်|tr=hlak}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠵᠣᠭᠢᠰᠤᠯᠲᠠ}}, {{t|mn|зогьсолт}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|selluzzo}}, {{t|nap|segliùzzo}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|hikke}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|sogoþa|m}}, {{t|ang|ælfsogoþa|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|سکسکه|tr=sekseke}}, {{t|fa|هکه|tr=hokke}}, {{t+|fa|هکک|tr=hekkak}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|czkawka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|soluço|m}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|hik'iy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sughiț}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ико́та|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|हिक्का}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|sugghiuzzu}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|čkavka|f}}, {{t|sk|štikútavka|f}}, {{t|sk|čkanie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|kolc|m}}, {{t|sl|kolcanje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hipo|m}}, {{t|es|singulto|m}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|tikotiko}}
* Sundanese: {{t+|su|sisidueun}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kwikwi}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|hickning|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|sinok}}, {{t|tl|sigok}}, {{t|tl|siyok}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|விக்கல்}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|oçqılıq}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఎక్కిళ్ళు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สะอึก|tr=sà-ʉ̀k}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hıçkırık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ги́кавка|f}}, {{t|uk|и́кавка|f}}, {{t|uk|і́кавка|f}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|sangiuto|m}}, {{t|vec|sangiut}}, {{t|vec|sangioto}}, {{t|vec|sangiot}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|cái nấc}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|sikdo}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|ig|f}}
* Yámana: {{t-needed|yag}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שלוקערץ|m}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t-needed|yua}}
* Yup'ik: {{t-needed|esu}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|zıqlık|f}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
* Zulu: {{t-needed|zu}}
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{{trans-top|minor setback}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zádrhel|m}}, {{t+|cs|háček|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tegenvaller|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yskintä}}, {{t|fi|takeltelu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|accroc|m}}, {{t+|fr|cahot|m}}, {{t+|fr|anicroche|f}}, {{t+|fr|obstacle|m}}
* German: {{t|de|[[kleiner]] [[Rückschlag]]|m}}, {{t|de|[[kleines]] [[Problem]]|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|imprevisto|m}}, {{t+|it|contrattempo|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|czkawka|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[небо́льшой]] [[сбой]]|m}}, {{t+|ru|загво́здка|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|contratiempo|m}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|hiccups}}<!-- Note - this has a separate meaning and is not just the plural of "hiccup" -->

===Verb===
{{en-verb|pres_ptc2=hiccupping|past2=hiccupped}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To produce a hiccup; have the [[hiccups]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To say with a hiccup.
#: {{ux|en|"I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect '''hiccupped'''.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
#: {{ux|en|The car engine '''hiccupped''' but wouldn't start.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to hiccup}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|فَوَاقَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|زغطة|f|tr=zuḡuṭṭa|sc=Arab}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|զկռտալ|sc=Armn}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|sugljits}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|sollutir}}, {{t|ast|sollutar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|hıçqırmaq}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|іка́ць|impf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|хъ́лцам|impf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|singlotar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|打嗝|alt=打嗝（兒）|tr=dǎgé[r]}}, {{qualifier|technical}} {{t+|cmn|呃逆|tr=ènì}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|škytat|impf}}, {{t|cs|škytnout|pf}} {{qualifier|semelfactive}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hikke}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hikken}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|luksuma}}, {{t|et|luksatama}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|hista}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nikotella}}, {{t|fi|hikotella}}, {{t|fi|hikata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|hoqueter}}, {{t|fr|[[avoir]] le [[hoquet]]}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|saloucar}}, {{t|gl|impar}}, {{t|gl|salouzar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|დასლოკინება|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|წამოსლოკინება|sc=Geor}}, {{t|ka|ასლოკინებს|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|hicksen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|λύζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|שיהק}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csuklik}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|hipar}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|nikostaa}}, {{t|izh|ikostaa}} {{qualifier|once}}, {{t|izh|nikossella}} {{qualifier|multiple times}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|déan snag}}, {{t|ga|déan fail}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|singhiozzare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|しゃっくり|tr=shakkuri o suru|alt=しゃっくりをする}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|ық ету|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|ықылық ату|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|ықылықтау|sc=Cyrl}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|딸꾹질하다}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|ыктытуу|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ky|ык этүү|sc=Cyrl}}
* Latin: {{t|la|singulto}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|žagoties}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žagsėti}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|hicken}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|ика|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|олца|impf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|tersedu-sedu}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠵᠣᡥᠣᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|зогөсох|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|mn|зогьсох}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|hiqu'ter}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hikke}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|hirqinfuu}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|سکسکه کردن|tr=sekseke kardan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|czkać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|czknąć|pf}} {{qualifier|semelfactive}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|soluçar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|sughița}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ика́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|икну́ть|pf}} {{qualifier|semelfactive}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|штуцати|impf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|štucati|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|čkať|impf}}, {{t|sk|začkať}}, {{t|sk|zaštikútať}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|kolcati|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hipar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hicka}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|ҳиққак задан|sc=Cyrl}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สะอึก|tr=sà-ʉ̀k}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hıçkırmak}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|synçgylawuk}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|гика́ти|impf|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|uk|іка́ти|impf|sc=Cyrl}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|hiqichoq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|nấc cụt}}, {{t+|vi|nấc}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|igian}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שלוקערצן}}
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