hiccough

We have had reporters there continuously since 1921, with one or two short interruptions due to visa hiccoughs.

But he wasn’t, for the moment his father peeped at him, Demi’s eyes opened, his little chin began to quiver, and he put up his arms, saying with a penitent hiccough, “Me’s dood, now.”

The sea change from Trump to Biden has clearly caught the comedians a bit off guard, but that hiccough doesn't mean they won't eventually find their comedic footing.

His laughs came low and painfully like hiccoughs.

"I had already been led to believe there had been a minor hiccough with the missile. Clearly I don't know but that is what I am led to believe."