hickey
nounUK /ˈhɪk.i/
Etymology Unknown.
9 senses
- 1A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the…
- 2A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical…
- 3A pimple.
- 4An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
- 5A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the…
- 6A serif or other ornamentation on type.
- 7Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often…
- 8A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
- 9An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a…
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Slang A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
- But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest2003, “Stand Up”, in Chicken-n-Beer, performed by Ludacris ft. Shawnna:
- When it comes to hickeys, the best I can tell you is that a lot of girls cover them with makeup or a turtleneck shirt. But let me close with a final thought. Never be ashamed of your hickeys. Show them off proudly as badges of love.2005, William Cane, The Art of Kissing, 2nd edition, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 128:
2
A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
- No, a pimple is not a small pimp. It is what they call a hickey in the country. Look up papules.1909, “Syphilo-dermo Urologic Maxims”, in American Journal of Dermatology and Genito-urinary Diseases, page 89:
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Media, Printing, Publishing 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.
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Media, Printing, Publishing Informal A serif or other ornamentation on type.
- Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.2008, American Printer, volume 125, page 63:
- It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists:
7
Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
8
A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
- take a hickey
- Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.
- Derived terms
- doohickey, dohickey