Past tense of hiccough; to have made the involuntary sound and muscle contraction of a hiccup.
Regular past tense formation of 'hiccough,' using the standard '-ed' ending despite the unusual spelling of the base form.
Interestingly, we pronounce 'hiccoughed' as 'hik-upt' even though the spelling suggests 'hik-uff-d'—another example of English spelling being disconnected from pronunciation.
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