Assertion: hiccup | /r/CapableOf | spell hiccough
Facets:
value: bizarrely
type: DEGREE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Hiccup, also spelled Hiccough, spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm (the muscular partition separating the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity) which causes a sudden intake of breath that is involuntarily cut off by closure of the glottis (the opening between the vocal cords), thus producing a characteristic sound.
text: Hiccups (also spelled hiccough) are sudden, involuntary contractions (spasms) of the diaphragm muscle.
text: Hiccups (also spelled hiccough) happen when this diaphragm muscle spasms .
text: Hiccups (also, bizarrely, sometimes spelled hiccoughs) are my wife’s #1 pet peeve.