Hickey

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  • noun. A device or contrivance; a gadget.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A reddish mark on the skin caused by amorous kissing, biting, or sucking.
  • noun. A pimple.
  • noun. A pipe-bending apparatus.
  • noun. A threaded electrical fitting used to connect a fixture to an outlet box.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A device used to adapt a lighting fixture for mounting in an outlet box, or on a pipe.
  • noun. A red mark on the skin, caused by a passionate, sucking kiss at that location.
  • noun. a doohickey.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
  • noun. Used by some speakers to refer to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
  • noun. A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover
  • noun. a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
  • Word Usage
    "Del, I don't know what kind of maidens you are used to kissing but a 3.5 inch turkey load tends to leave a "hickey" on my shoulder after each smooch ... even when that orange bead is held on the base of old Tom's warty neck!"
    Equivalent
    hickie  
    Hypernym
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    erythema  
    Rhyme
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    Dickey  Dickie  Dicky  Mickey  Micky  
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