Hickey

/ˈhɪk.i/ · noun

Meaning

(originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking..

Definitions by Sense

1. (originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
2. A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
3. (US, dialect) A pimple.
4. (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
5. (printing) 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.
6. (printing, informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.
7. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
8. A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.

Example Sentences

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

When it comes to hickeys, the best I can tell you is that a lot of girls cover them with makeup or a turtleneck shirt. But let me close with a final thought. Never be ashamed of your hickeys. Show them off proudly as badges of love.

No, a pimple is not a small pimp. It is what they call a hickey in the country. Look up papules.

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

It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.

take a hickey

Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.

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Word Forms

• hickeys
• hicky
• hickie

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