Meaning of Hickey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
   slang
2. A surname from Irish.
3. A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
4. An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
   informal, slang
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. A serif or other ornamentation on type.
   informal
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.
9. An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
   US, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put⟳ hickeys all over your chest”

“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⟳.”

“Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type⟳.”

“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.”

“take⟳ a hickey”

“Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood⟳ washed the seeds away.”

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