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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hic·cough /ˈhɪ(ˌ)kəp/
 打嗝(vt.)(vi.)打嗝

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 hic·cough /ˈhɪk(ˌ)əp/ 名詞
 打呃,呃逆

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hic·cough n.  Physiol. A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough. [Written also hickup or hiccup.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hic·cough v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hiccoughed p. pr. & vb. n. Hiccoughing.] To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hiccough
      n : (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; "how do you cure the hiccups?" [syn: hiccup,
           singultus]
      v : breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to
          hiccup, drink a glass of cold water" [syn: hiccup]