hickey
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hickey¹
- /ˈhɪk.i/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪki
Where it comes from
Unknown.
noun hickeys · hicky · hickie
- A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest
- A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
- A pimple. No, a pimple is not a small pimp. It is what they call a hickey in the country. Look up papules.
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An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
Similar: Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins, whatsit, thingamajig
- A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
- A serif or other ornamentation on type. Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
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A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
Similar: conduit bender
- An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action. take a hickey
Hickey²
Where it comes from
From Irish Ó hÍcidhe (“descendant of a healer”), from ící (“healer”).
proper noun Hickeys
- A surname from Irish.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hick, harden, heike, hicky, hicket, hunk, hiccough, hiccupper, hickock, hype, huckle, hickup, hots, horizontal hula, huggle, hummie
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noun bruise-like mark
| Español | chupetón, chupón, chupete, mordisco amoroso, moretón, ñangazo erótico |
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| 日本語 | キスマーク kisumāku |
| 中文 | 吻痕 wěnhén |
| Português | chupão |
| Français | suçon, sucette |
| Deutsch | Knutschfleck |
| Italiano | succhiotto |
| Русский | засо́с zasós |
| עברית | נשיכת אהבה |
noun referring to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled
| Español | cacharro, chisme, vaina, coso |
|---|---|
| Français | truc, machin, bidule |
| Deutsch | Dingsbums, Dings, Dingsda |
noun printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface
| Português | carrapato |
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