how do you get rid of hiccups?

Answer 1

drink vinegar- it really does work- its so disgusting- but dont dirnk loads just one massive gulp!

Answer 2

This works better if the person with hiccups is not expecting it...Go up to them and grab them as if to kiss them, put your mouth over theirs and blow into their mouth until they can't breathe anymore. That should do the trick. It works really well on people you don't know that well coz it freaks them out!!!

Answer 3

Here you go. This works on 90% of the people.
1) Get a mouthful of water.
2) Plug your ears with your fingers.
3) Swallow.

Answer 4

Hold your breath bend over and drink from the opposite side of a glass of water, works for me every time.

Answer 5

I normally hold my breath and swallow about 10 times. You could also try slowly drinking a glass of water - that too can help

Answer 6

hold ur breath for 20 seconds or take 12 gulps of a fizzy drink

Answer 7

The following are some commonly suggested home remedies. While numerous remedies are offered, they mostly fall into a few broad categories. These categories include purely psychosomatic cures centered around relaxation and distraction, cures involving swallowing and eating, and cures involving controlled/altered breathing.

The science behind many of these methods is unfounded, however most people have their own particular remedy that they are convinced is the solution. Such methods are often complex tasks involving drinking in awkward positions, or breathing in certain patterns. The common factor amongst all these methods is that the person attempting such remedies is usually concentrating on their preferred task and not the hiccups. Hence many remedies can actually be considered a psychosomatic distraction technique of one form or another.


Psychosomatic
Distraction from one's hiccup (e.g. being startled or asked a perplexing question)
Concentration on one's hiccup (e.g. 'waiting' for the next hiccup, attempting to anticipate the hiccup by counting it aloud just prior to it taking place, with the aim of saying 'one' just as the hiccup occurs. Practice with this method leads to the situation where one can simply decide not to hiccup anymore.)
Another distraction based technique is to count in reverse, eg. from 100 down, which requires concentration.

Swallowing
Swallowing three times (or more) while holding one's breath
Eating particular foods, such as peanut butter, Fluffernutter sandwich, chocolate, sugar or honey, Lingonberry jam, wasabi, yellow mustard or vinegar
Eating a spoonful of granulated table sugar (slowly letting it dissolve in mouth)
Drinking a glass of water through a napkin placed over the glass
Drinking a beverage high in citric acid such as lemon, lime, or grapefruit juice
Drinking a glass of water in several small sips
Drinking a glass of water "from the far side of the glass", i.e. bending over so that one's head is upside-down when drinking
Drinking a full glass of water as loudly, sloppily, and quickly as possibly
Drinking water while doing a handstand against a wall
Drinking a glass of water with another's fingers pressing hard against one's ears
Keep a sip of water in the mouth, one finger in each ear and count to ten, and then swallow.
Drinking a glass of a carbonated beverage (with salt)
Gulping down a glass of water while holding one's breath
Drinking a glass of water while raising the right or left hand
Drinking several glasses of water
Eating an ice cube
Drinking a glass of water with a spoon touching one's temple
Filling a large glass with water and, taking in a mouthful of the water, while holding the water in one's mouth (without swallowing) tipping one's head all the way back, stretching the throat in the process, then opening the mouth as wide as possible and using the throat muscles to swallow the water, repeating until the entire glass of water is drunk using this method. This will not work as effectively if one's stomach is very full.
Take three sips right side up, hold another sip in ones mouth, relax shoulders, bend in half, legs shoulder width, and swallow. Stand up and avoid conversation until you are sure the hiccups are not back. If they are, repeat until cured.
Take a common lemon wedge, and coat one side in sugar. Then add a few drops of angostura bitters to the sugar coated side, and eat the lemon (minus the peel). This is a classic bar remedy.
Saying the ABC's and taking a sip of water for every letter in the alphabet.

Respiratory
Breathing in slowly and deeply while thinking 'breathing out' and breathing out slowly and fully while thinking 'breathing in'.
Breathing slowly and deeply in and out through the mouth.
Holding one's breath while optionally squeezing one's stomach.
Breathing deeply through the nose, then exhaling slowly through the mouth.
Breathing deeply and instead of exhaling completely, leave air in the lungs.
Exhaling all the air from one's lungs and holding one's breath while swallowing water or saliva.
Blowing up a balloon.
Breathing into a paper bag or other sealed container. This should be performed while sitting or lying down, in the presence of someone else to ensure safety. Stop as soon as you begin to feel lightheaded.

Other
For babies, hiccups are usually immediately stopped by the suckling reflex, either by breastfeeding or simply by insertion of a finger or bottle teat into the baby's mouth
For some, vomiting is a direct albeit unpleasant solution
Belching
Inducing sneezing
Pulling on the tongue with a clean hand
Simply waiting until the hiccups subside

Answer 8

Sit on a straight backed chair. Put you hands up in the air, tilt you head back as far as you can and swallow three times. Works for me.

Answer 9

CLOSE UR EARS, YES, UR EARS AND ASK SOMEONE TO GIVE YOU SOME WATER TO DRINK FROM A BOTTLE. DRINK UP SOME SMALL SIPS AND UR HICCUPS WILL GO AWAY!

Answer 10

Hold your breath for 1 min!

Answer 11

hold your breath for 10 seconds or so and slowly let the air out ..then drink water