hiccups (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[hiccups 词源字典]
a bout of hiccupping, by 1723; see hiccup (n.). This often also was called hiccup or the hiccup. An earlier word for it (noun and verb) was yex, imitative, from Old English gesca, geosca.[hiccups etymology, hiccups origin, 英语词源]