different between eructate vs hiccup
eructate
English
Etymology
Latin ?ruct?tus, from the verb ?ruct?.
Verb
eructate (third-person singular simple present eructates, present participle eructating, simple past and past participle eructated)
- (formal, intransitive) To burp; to belch.
- 1850, Erastus Edgerton Marcy, ?John Charles Peters, ?Otto Füllgraff, The Elements of a New Materia Medica and Therapeutics (page 400)
- Pain in the right side of the throat, as from an ulcery sensation or as if a splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, eructating, breathing, stretching and moving the neck.
- 1850, Erastus Edgerton Marcy, ?John Charles Peters, ?Otto Füllgraff, The Elements of a New Materia Medica and Therapeutics (page 400)
Translations
Latin
Verb
?r?ct?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?r?ct?
eructate From the web:
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- what does eructate
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hiccup
English
Alternative forms
- hiccough (old-fashioned)
- hickup
Etymology
Alteration of earlier hickock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Low German hick (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?k?p/, /?h?k?p/
- Hyphenation: hic?cup
Noun
hiccup (plural hiccups)
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
- (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- (informal) A minor setback.
- There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.
Hypernyms
- (spasm of the diaphragm): myoclonus
Translations
See also
- hiccups
Verb
hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups, present participle hiccuping or hiccupping, simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped)
- (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
- (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
- "I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.
- (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
- The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.
Translations
hiccup From the web:
- what hiccups mean
- what hiccups
- what hiccups in the womb feel like
- what hiccups do
- what hiccups look like inside
- what hiccups mean spiritually
- what hiccups mean when pregnant
- what hiccups feel like when pregnant
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