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.
Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries. The Earthâs outer shell, the lithosphere, consisting of the crust and uppermost mantle, is divided into a patchwork of large tectonic plates that move slowly relatively to each other. There are 7-8 major plates and many minor plates.