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Hickey

name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
Noun
  1. 1
    A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. slang

    "But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest"

  2. 2
    a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
  4. 4
    a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne wordnet
  5. 5
    An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled. informal, slang
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  1. 6
    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.
  2. 7
    A serif or other ornamentation on type. informal

    "Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type."

  3. 8
    Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
  4. 9
    A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
  5. 10
    An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action. US, slang

    "take a hickey"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Etymology 2

From Irish Ó hÍcidhe (“descendant of a healer”), from ící (“healer”).

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