hick·ey (h k  )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. [Origin unknown.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  hickey - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acneacne - 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 erythema - abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation) |
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