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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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| Noun | 1. |  hickey - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acneacne - 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
sugemerke
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hickey
n (inf)
(= thingummy) → Dingsbums nt (inf)
(= love bite) → Knutschfleck m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hickey
n chupetón m, chupón m, marca roja en la piel producida por un beso fuerteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.