hic
Americaninterjection
interjection
Example Sentences
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All of these things, hic, might cause spasms, hic, in your diaphragm, hic.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2019
So do hic and Nic and pic and Ric and sic and tic and Vic.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2015
The alliteration of "hic" and "hende" adds to the effect, and joins the speaker and the object of his love in the verbal dance.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2013
Ego citare hic est, ab D.nus Thomas Doyle, olim molestie Vaticanae Legationem in Washington et maturam aestimator Ecclesiae catholicae acedia respondendo ad puer-raptu allegationes exercent.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
Perdidere illum viri Mercede magna, servat hic Mercede nulla piscis: et sic Salute plus ruina constat illi; Minoris et servatur hinc quam perditur.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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