hickeys

Noun

hickey (plural hickeys)

1. (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

   Synonyms:

   love bite, knot

2. A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
3. (US, dialectal) A pimple.
   • 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
4. (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.

   Synonyms:

   Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins, whatsit

5. 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.
6. (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

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