hic
/hɪk
/exclamation
Used in writing to express the sound of a hiccup, especially a drunken one.When the farmer had arrived safely in the dock he looked about in a very dreamy manner, and in answer to the Magistrates' Clerk said ‘Prapsh I have had - hic - a lil drop - hic - er whisky,’ provoking great hilarity in the court....
- One to see in the New Year, hic, and one for ya birfday.
- And I've been hitting the bottle in the evenings to help me get by. (* hic *)
Origin
Late 19th century: imitative.
Rhymes
- church bell
- church book
- church box
- church bug
- church building
- church camp
- church catechism
- church-Catholic
- church censure
- church censurer
- church choir
- church clerk
- church cloth
- church clothes
- church coffer
- church collection
- Church Commissioner
- Church Commissioners
- church congress
- church court
- church covenant
- church covenanting
- churchdom
- church door
- church errant