An archaic or dialectal term for a hiccup or a small, twitching sound or movement.
Possibly a variant or diminutive form of 'hiccup' or related to Middle English terms for involuntary movements or sounds.
Old dialectal words like 'hicket' remind us that standard English is really just one dialect that happened to become prestigious—in other parts of England or Britain, people might have said 'hicket' instead of 'hiccup.'
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