hickey
see also: Hickey
Pronunciation
Hickey
Proper noun
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see also: Hickey
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈhɪk.i/
hickey (plural hickeys)
- (US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]
- Synonyms: love bite, lovebite, knot
- (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled. [from 1909]
- (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.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury. [from 1915]
- A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
- Synonyms: conduit bender
- (US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action, often preceded by the words "taking a ..." or "took a ... ".
- Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.
- See also Thesaurus:thingy
- French: suçon, sucette (Canadian)
- German: Knutschfleck
- Italian: succhiotto
- Portuguese: chupão
- Russian: засо́с
- Spanish: chupetón (Spain), chupón (Latin America), chupete (Mexico, slang)
Hickey
Proper noun
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