a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound. Usually, hiccups. the condition of having such spasms: She got the hiccups just as she began to speak.
Mount Hood is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, which formed as a  result of the convergent boundary between the North American Plate  and the Juan de Fuca Plate.Edit.ransform boundary: when two plates grind past each other. Convergent boundary: when the two plates collide.
There are three main types of plate boundary: divergent, convergent and transform. Plates move away from one another at divergent boundaries. This happens at mid-ocean ridges. Plates move towards one another at convergent boundaries; one plate is forced below another in a process called subduction. Earthquakes and composite volcanoes are common at this type of boundary. Plates move past on another at transform boundaries. The most famous example of this type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California. Image: Cutaway artwork showing different types of plate boundary and hotspots. From left: a divergent boundary, a hotspot, a convergent boundary, and another hotspot (credit: Gary Hincks/SPL)