- Brief hitch - Chic leader first to finish getting up... it’s a bit of a problem! - Involuntary spasm - Minor difficulty or problem - Minor difficulty or setback
- Involuntary spasm of the respiratory muscles - 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. - To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.