The body
Synonyms for hiccup
The synonym for hiccup recorded in this bank is hiccough, in the sense "breathe spasmodically, and make a sound". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for hiccup
- hiccoughverb, in the sense "breathe spasmodically, and make a sound"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for hiccup.
breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water.
The true synonym
hiccough
Same sentence, swapped: When you have to hiccough, drink a glass of cold water.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for hiccup in the sentence quoted.
- inhale
- exhale
- sneeze
Where hiccup turns up in the game
hiccup is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play hiccup
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hiccup reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from the body at Summit outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hiccup carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.