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.
Transform Boundaries. The final type of boundary is one where the two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion. These boundaries between plates is referred to as transform boundaries. As two plates slide past one another, in a transform boundary, neither plate is added to at the boundary, nor destroyed. The result of two massive plates pushing against one another is that massive amounts of energy build up.