Usually means: Involuntary diaphragm contractions causing spasms.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. hiccups: Merriam-Webster
  2. hiccups: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hiccups: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hiccups: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hiccup's, Hiccups, hiccups: Wordnik
  6. the hiccups: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hiccups: Wiktionary
  8. hiccups: Dictionary.com
  9. hiccups: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Hiccups (TV Series), Hiccups (TV series), Hiccups: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hiccups: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hiccups: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  13. hiccups: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hiccups: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hiccups: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Hiccups: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Hiccups: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hiccups: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  6. hiccups: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  7. Hiccups: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Hiccups: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hiccups: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hiccup as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hiccups)

noun:  (usually with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.

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