jerk, twitch, jog, jolt, sudden blow or push

convulsive sobbing or breathing, choking (in crying), the hiccough, hiccup

hiccups, hiccoughs

hiccups, hiccough, melasma

hesitate, draw back from, shrink, boggle, waver, be jolted

useless, good-for-nothing, worthless

hesitation, doubt, wavering

hiccup

hesitate, waver, falter, boggle, recoil

hesitation, wavering, irresolution

breathe spasmodically (in the agony of death), be at the point of death

to take to wavering, to gnash the teeth

have the hiccups or choke while weeping, weep bitterly

to breathe spasmodically (as in the agony of death), to be at the point of death, to be dying

hesitate, falter, draw back, make excuses, quibble, prevaricate

weep bitterly

jolt

hesitation, faltering, wavering, boggling

dilly-dallying, excuse, cavilling, equivocation, prevarication, hesitation, quibbling, procrastination

to make a hiccup

(met.) to be near death

ignorant, stupidity