Definition of "hiccuping" [hiccuping]

• Present participle of hiccup. (verb)

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• "Stevie Smith employs off-kilter rhythm to echo the hiccuping "logic" of "The Murderer": "She was not like other girls—rather diffident, / And that is how we had an accident.""
• ""Try thinking about something else, like horses," is advice people give you when you are hiccuping."
• "You can try praying for divine assistance, but if you're hiccuping while doing it, it sounds a lot less convincing."