Breathes spasmodically (Var.)

Usage examples of hiccoughs.

It broke its whispering with zapping hiccoughs as some of itslarger victims were ingested.

Then, intoxicated with drink and food, besotted, red in the face, shaken by hiccoughs, his mind clouded and his speech thick, he unbuttoned his uniform in order to breathe or he could not have taken a step.