[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.", "Usuallyhiccups.the condition of having such spasms:She got the hiccups just as she began to speak.", "Informal.a minor difficulty, interruption, setback, etc.:a hiccup in the stock market."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make the sound of a hiccup:The motor hiccuped as it started.", "to have the hiccups.", "Informal.to experience a temporary decline, setback, interruption, etc.:There was general alarm when the economy hiccuped."]}]