Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hiccup.

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  • noun (Med.) Hiccough.

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  • noun medicine The medical name for hiccups.

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  • noun (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

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Examples

  • Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus from the Latin, to catch your breath while sobbing, are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation that is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011

  • Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus, from Latin - to catch your breath while sobbing are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation, which is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011

  • Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus, from Latin - to catch your breath while sobbing are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation, which is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011

  • Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus, from Latin - to catch your breath while sobbing are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation, which is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By LISA SANDERS 2011

  • "singultus," the rarely used medical term for "hiccups," but singultus would make a great title for the next Sigur Ros album (lowercase, natch, in a Druidic font).

    Merry Swankster 2010

  • "singultus," the rarely used medical term for "hiccups," but singultus would make a great title for the next Sigur Ros album (lowercase, natch, in a Druidic font).

    Merry Swankster Merry Swankster 2010

  • In fever attended with singultus, give asafoetida, oxymel, and carrot, triturated together, in a draught; or galbanum in honey, and cumin in a linctus, or the juice of ptisan.

    On Regimen In Acute Diseases 2007

  • Ex alto despicientes aliqui prae timore contremiscunt, caligant, infirmantur; sic singultus, febres, morbi comitiales quandoque sequuntur, quandoque recedunt.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • And if you reduce them, convulsions usually supervene; and, if not reduced, acute bilious fevers come on, with singultus and mortification.

    On Fractures 2007

  • The Ephemerides mentions a person in whom coitus habitually caused vomiting, and another in whom excessive sexual indulgence provoked singultus.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

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  • Weirdnet might have mentioned hiccup.

    December 2, 2007

  • Lol, that definition is like a surreal sculpture of old bicycles welded together and painted tangerine.

    June 1, 2009

  • A life can be rendered tumult'ous

    If plagued by persistent singultus

    And peace so much riven

    That some folk are driven

    To seek out the help of occultists.

    September 11, 2016