Meaning & use
hic
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used to represent the sound of a hiccup, often used humorously in writing to suggest that a person is hiccupping or drunk.
See it in a sentence
'I'm not- hic! -drunk at all,' he insisted unconvincingly.
The comic strip character said 'Hic!' after every sip of soda to get a laugh.
A note on using this word
Hic is an onomatopoeic interjection used mainly in informal or humorous writing, such as comics or dialogue, rather than in ordinary speech.
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