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Word: hickey (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
  • US|slang A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one?s partner?s body and sucking.
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
  • printing 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.
  • Used by some speakers to refer to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.

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