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hick·ey

 (hĭk′ē)
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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hickey

(ˈhɪkɪ)
n
1. informal US and Canadian an object or gadget: used as a name when the correct name is forgotten, etc; doodah
2. informal US and Canadian a mark on the skin, esp a lovebite
3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a spot on a printed sheet caused by an imperfection or a speck on the printing plate
[C20: of unknown origin]
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hick•ey

or hick•ie

(ˈhɪk i)

n., pl. -eys or -ies.
1. Slang.
a. a pimple.
b. a reddish mark left on the skin by a passionate kiss.
2. any device or gadget whose name is forgotten or not known.
3. a fitting used to mount a lighting fixture in an outlet box or on a pipe or stud.
4. a tool used to bend tubes and pipes.
[1905–10, Amer.; of obscure orig.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hickey - a small inflamed elevation of the skinhickey - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
acne - 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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Translations
cucflekpecka
fritsu
sogblettur
dingknobbelspulzuigplekzuigvlek
sugemerke

hickey

[ˈhɪkɪ] N (US) (= pimple) → grano m; (= love-bite) → mordisco m amoroso, chupón m
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hickey

n (inf)
(= thingummy)Dingsbums nt (inf)
(= love bite)Knutschfleck m (inf)
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hickey

n chupetón m, chupón m, marca roja en la piel producida por un beso fuerte
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"But Hicky's not stupid, he was of course saving the tyre as well and I guess he saved it better than me.
A lot of credit has to go to Finch but also JL and Hicky deserve a pat on the back.
You may wonder why I call it the first newspaper, when historians record the publication of James Hicky's The Bengal Gazette from Calcutta in January 1780 as marking the advent of journalism in India.
Division One action saw Knowsley North edge a point clear at the top thanks to a cracking 6-1 win over Edge Hill BCOB after goals from Lamb, Hilditch, Jevons, Phillips and Hicky.
Guitarist Shin Jung-hyeon, known as the godfather of Korean rock music, began his career there using the stage name "Hicky Shin." Pop diva Patti Kim's half-century career also started there.
"It's an hilarious story about a young guy who comes to this old hicky town in America and tries to make everybody wear blue suede shoes, fall in love and dance," she explains.
Alan Hicky Hardy: The |Kard Bar at Handyside Arcade, the best place for badges and patches in the Toon.
Anderson's gamble paid off in 10 years at the club and 499 games, Hicky scored 193 goals.
By March 2012, Kramer had been replaced as Tipton's attorney by Phillip Hicky of Forrest City.
WELLESBOURNE and Kenilworth Town battled out an epic ten-goal draw in Division Two, Max Coton compiling a treble for the home side while Dan Long and Jamie Hicky responded with two apiece.
Strategic hamlets became militarised community developments that varied in intensities of fortification (Donnell and Hicky, 1962), but their principle purpose was to reorganise people into grid-defined settlements centred on a radio transmitter, road, and helipad, as people were integrated into national affairs and monitored by overt surveillance, survey poles, and checked for identification cards (Cullather, 2006; Peluso and Vandergeest, 2011).
Morris Hicky Morgan (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1914), 17.--Ed.