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- verb Present participle of
hiccup .
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Examples
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The eccentric Southern tradition of "eephing" is best described as the hillbilly equivalent of the hip-hop human "beat box" vocal style -- a kind of hiccupping, rhythmic wheeze that started in rural Tennessee more than 100 years ago.
- Boing Boing 2006
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"The eccentric Southern tradition of "eephing" is best described as the hillbilly equivalent of the hip-hop human "beat box" vocal style -- a kind of hiccupping, rhythmic wheeze that started in rural Tennessee more than 100 years ago. ..."
the Lost Art of Eephing mrdantefontana 2006
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The reason I say “felt” instead of “heard” is because I was not the one doing the hiccupping.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Could it be ticking tigers, hiccupping hyenas, or rattlesnakes?
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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The reason I say “felt” instead of “heard” is because I was not the one doing the hiccupping.
Times Two Kristen Henderson 2011
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Repiggie fatties are always seen coming out of Outback, belching and hiccupping.
Think Progress » Apple and other advertisers have ‘abandoned’ Fox News because of Glenn Beck. 2010
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Could it be ticking tigers, hiccupping hyenas, or rattlesnakes?
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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You're thinking it's a hopeless predicament, hiccupping every ten to twenty minutes.
Hiccup Susan Rukeyser 2011
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Then came the weepy weekend, with endless tears of the hiccupping, losing-it variety--and of course I was still receiving a flood of emails, cards, flower deliveries, and champagne.
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I stood like that for a few minutes, hiccupping like mad, holding that dripping foot as far from my body as I could.
Hiccup Susan Rukeyser 2011
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