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hiccup

noun

variants: also hiccough

Synonyms and Antonyms of hiccup

a break in continuity

the business has grown steadily for 14 years, with only a few minor hiccups

Synonyms of hiccup

discontinuity, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, interval, parenthesis

Words Related to hiccup

caesura, comma, interspace, lag, pause, space, time lag, window

adjournment, discontinuance, lapse, suspension

lull, recess, respite, rest

Near Antonyms of hiccup

continuum, run, stretch

procession, progression

Antonyms of hiccup

continuation, continuity

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