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Definition of Hiccuping
1. hiccup [v] - See also: hiccup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hiccuping
Literary usage of Hiccuping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hints for the Evidences of Spiritualism by John Delaware Lewis (1872)
"... who, at the alleged time and place, saw John Jones drink twelve tumblers of
gin-and-water, and then go tottering and hiccuping along the street, ..."
2. The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy by Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy (1826)
"... who asked his name, and place of abode ; to which he replied, by referring to
a coffee-house, and hiccuping that he was Air. WU-ber-force. ..."
3. A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected by Leigh Hunt, Joseph Edward Babson (1870)
"(hiccuping.) No, I ain't. Lane. So eager to say No, merely because other people say
... (hiccuping.) Yes, I can. Lane. No, you can't. Your very Yes is a No. ..."
4. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"(hiccuping.) Here I am, my dear boy. Have you any scents in your pocket ? ...
(hiccuping.) 1*11 box any man for five pounds, that casts any reflections on ..."
5. Life in Spain: Past and Present by Walter Thornbury (1859)
"I am, however, afraid of disturbing the temper of El Moro, as I am at his mercy
for nearly two days, so I pocket the insult, and go hiccuping on. ..."
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