Collocations for hiccup - noun
1. sound made in the throat
2. (hiccups) series of hiccups
VERB + HICCUPS
get
I ate too quickly and got hiccups. (BrE)
I ate too quickly and got the hiccups. (AmE)
I ate too quickly and got hiccups. (BrE)
I ate too quickly and got the hiccups. (AmE)
have
He had hiccups. (BrE)
He had the hiccups. (AmE)
He had hiccups. (BrE)
He had the hiccups. (AmE)
3. small problem
PREPOSITION
hiccup in
This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress.
This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress.