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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hiccup .
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Examples
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"The Boston Globe" reports many states will use paper ballots this fall instead of those fancy, high-tech touch screen machines, or the ones that kind of hiccupped in '04, and then again in 2006.
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I do want to apologize that my digital recorder on my Palm "hiccupped" and I lost a portion of the clip but most of this 6 minute interview is preserved.
iInspire: Interview with Amazing Students creating videos from Miller Grove High School 2006
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I do want to apologize that my digital recorder on my Palm "hiccupped" and I lost a portion of the clip but most of this 6 minute interview is preserved.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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The shadow, which was twice as big as the tiny little boy, did a somersault, and Lisa laughed so hard she hiccupped.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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The shadow, which was twice as big as the tiny little boy, did a somersault, and Lisa laughed so hard she hiccupped.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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It evaporated too quickly, so I squirted more, hiccupped, rubbed again.
Hiccup Susan Rukeyser 2011
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Maddy downed the rest of the glass, wiped her mouth again, and hiccupped.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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She suddenly hiccupped, and William tucked her against his side with a sigh of defeat, guessing that if drink number five was her tipping point for stupidity, number four must be her point of calamity.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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Maddy hiccupped again, but no giggle followed as she pulled her hand away.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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William felt her fingers flex on his wrists, heard her breath hitch, and suddenly her hands were gone and she hiccupped again.
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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