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Hickey

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Noun

1. hickey, pimple, zit

a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

2. hickey, love bite

a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Hickey

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noun
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. printing
a spot on a printed sheet caused by an imperfection or a speck on the printing plate

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Hickey

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nounWord forms: plural ˈhickeys or ˈhickies
1.  Informal
any device or gadget; doohickey
2. 
a tool used for bending pipe
3. 
a coupling for electrical fixtures
4.  Informal
a pimple or pustule
5.  Slang
a bruise made on the skin by sucking it, as in lovemaking

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Hickey

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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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