Present participle of hiccough; currently making involuntary hiccup sounds and diaphragm contractions.
Formed by adding '-ing' to 'hiccough,' following standard English gerund and present participle rules.
The '-ing' form shows how English adapts unusual base words—we smoothly convert 'hiccough' to 'hiccoughing' even though the spelling is already weird, proving the '-ing' suffix is incredibly flexible.
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