hiccup

hiccup
1. noun
1) Schluckauf, der

have/get [the] hiccups — [den] Schluckauf haben/bekommen

2) (fig.): (stoppage) Störung, die

without any hiccups — reibungslos

2. intransitive verb
schlucksen (ugs.); hick machen (ugs.); (many times) den Schluckauf haben
* * *
1. noun
1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) der Schluck
2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) der Schluckauf
2. verb
(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) Schluckauf haben
* * *
hic·cough, hic·cup
[ˈhɪkʌp]
I. n
1. (sound) Schluckauf f
to give a \hiccup schlucksen fam, hicksen DIAL
2. (attack)
the \hiccups pl Schluckauf[anfall] m kein pl, Hitsgi m kein pl SCHWEIZ fam
to get/have [an attack of] the \hiccups Schluckauf bekommen/haben
3. (fam: setback) Schwierigkeit f meist pl
without any \hiccup ohne Störungen
II. vi Schluckauf [o ÖSTERR Schnackerl] haben fam, schlucksen fam, hicksen DIAL
I can't stop \hiccuping mein Schluckauf hört nicht auf
* * *
['hɪkʌp]
1. n
Schluckauf m; (fig inf = problem) Problemchen nt (inf)

to have the hiccoughs — den Schluckauf haben

to give a hiccough — hick machen (inf), hicksen (dial)

without any hiccoughs — ohne Störungen

the recent sales hiccough — die jüngsten Verkaufsprobleme

2. vi
hicksen (dial)

he started hiccoughing — er bekam den Schluckauf

* * *
hiccup, hiccough [ˈhıkʌp]
A s
1. Schluckauf m:
give a hiccup B a
2. pl Schluckauf(anfall) m:
have (the) hiccups B b;
it gives me (the) hiccups ich bekomme Schluckauf davon
3. umg kleineres Problem
B v/i
a) schlucksen umg
b) den Schluckauf haben
C v/t abgehackt hervorbringen
* * *
1. noun
1) Schluckauf, der

have/get [the] hiccups — [den] Schluckauf haben/bekommen

2) (fig.): (stoppage) Störung, die

without any hiccups — reibungslos

2. intransitive verb
schlucksen (ugs.); hick machen (ugs.); (many times) den Schluckauf haben
* * *
n.
Schluckauf m. v.
Schluckauf haben ausdr.

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