to eat up; to swallow; to devour; 2 (fig.) to swindle; to take away illegally.

(a bird) to make its charactgeristic sound; to cry.

to have a sudden, involuntary contraction of the diaphragm when it begins to allow air into the lungs only to have the glottis suddenly close, and produce an abrupt sound; to make a hiccup or hiccups.