how to pronounce hiccup

/ˈhɪk.ʌp/

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hiccup is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hiccup in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a a a slight uh hiccup if i can describe …”

meanings of hiccup

noun:

Any spasm or sudden change.
A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
A minor setback.

verb:

To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
To say with a hiccup.
To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.

hiccup frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hiccup occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hiccup can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hiccup can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;