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Rarehickey
The correct spelling is hickey.
How to pronounce hickey
/ˈhɪk.i/
nounIPA: /ˈhɪk.i/
Say it like: Hik-ee
The correct spelling is hickey. A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. For example: "Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away."
Usage Examples
“Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
- 2.An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
- 3.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.
- 4.A serif or other ornamentation on type.
- 5.Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
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