HICCUP, HICCUPING
ADJECTIVES
1575 ► SINGULTUOUS characterized by hiccuping → obs.
1851 ► SINGULTOUS affected with hiccups
NOUNS
..700 ► YESK → YEX a hiccup or the hiccups → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1398 ► YESKING → YEXING hiccuping → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1538 ► HICKOCK a hiccup → obs.
1544 ► HICKET a hiccup → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
E17.. ► HICK a hiccup; also a hesitation in speech
1657 ► SINGULTURE the hiccups, hiccuping → obs.
1750 ► YEKE → YOKE a hiccup; generally used in plural → Eng. dial.
1754 ► SINGULTUS hiccups, hiccuping
1776 ► YOX a hiccup or the hiccups → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1829 ► SNICK-UP a hiccup → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1879 ► YASK a hiccup → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BELKUPPING hiccupping → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BELLY-GULP a hiccup → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1968 ► HEEBIE-JEEBIES the hiccups → Amer. dial.
1969 ► CHICKEN TROUBLE hiccups → Amer. dial.
1969 ► TEACUPS the hiccups → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1611 ► YEXER one who hiccups
VERBS
1400 ► YESK → YEX to hiccup → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1584 ► HICKET to hiccup → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1598 ► HICKOCK to hiccup → obs.
E17.. ► HICK to hiccup
1721 ► YOX to hiccup → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1766 ► YECK → YEKE → YOKE to cough; to hiccup; to retch → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C.. ► SNICK-UP to hiccup → Amer. dial.
1905 ► YEAP’M to hiccup; to belch → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)