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
Aliquam sed duo sunt quae hic primum pertinet ad hominem moralem papae tantibus in exemplum, deinde latius lawbreaking ipsius ducis officium institutionis ascendat et ignominiosus est.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
Thus Virgil: Limus ut hic durescit, et hæc ut cera liquescit, Uno eodemque igni; sic nostro Daphnis amore.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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