hickey

hick·ey  (hk)

n. pl. hick·eys Informal

1. A device or contrivance; a gadget.

2.

a. A reddish mark on the skin caused by amorous kissing, biting, or sucking.

b. A pimple.

3. A pipe-bending apparatus.

4. A threaded electrical fitting used to connect a fixture to an outlet box.

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hickey [ˈhɪkɪ]

n

1. US and Canadian informal an object or gadget: used as a name when the correct name is forgotten, etc.; doodah

2. US and Canadian informal a mark on the skin, esp a lovebite

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a spot on a printed sheet caused by an imperfection or a speck on the printing plate

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hickey - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne pimple, zit acne - an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones papule - a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox) pustule - a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
	2.	hickey - a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover love bite erythema - abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)

Translations

hickey [ˈhɪkɪ] N (US) (= pimple) → grano m; (= love-bite) → mordisco m amoroso, chupón m

hickey

n (inf)

(= thingummy) → Dingsbums nt (inf)

(= love bite) → Knutschfleck m (inf)