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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIC'COUGH
HICK'ORY, n. A tree, a species of Juglans or walnut. Its nut is called hickory-nut.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?" [syn: hiccup, hiccough, singultus] v
1: breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water" [syn: hiccup, hiccough]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun see hiccup I II. intransitive verb see hiccup II

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hiccough Hic"cough (?; 277), n. [OE. hickup, hicket, hickock; prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. & Dan. hik, Sw. hicka, Armor. hak, hik, W. ig, F. hoquet.] (Physiol.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hiccough Hic"cough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiccoughing.] To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see hiccup