hiccough

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪ.kəp/, /ˈhɪ.kʌp/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪ.kəp/, /ˈhɪ.kʌp/
• Rhymes: -ɪkəp
• Homophone: hiccup (RP)

Hiccough is a later spelling, and an example of folk etymology.

hiccough (plural hiccoughs)

1. Dated spelling of hiccup.

hiccough (third-person singular simple present hiccoughs, present participle hiccoughing, simple past and past participle hiccoughed)

1. Dated spelling of hiccup.
   • 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 87:

     I sat there, with tears in my eyes, and hiccoughed for breath, quite beside myself with feverish merriment.