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hickey

hickey

16 8.0
A red mark on the skin made by kissing or sucking to show affection
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪki/
  • NSFW
translation icon : chupetón
  • Did you see all those hickeys?
  • hickey on her neck
  • Give her a hickey
  • get a hickey

And immediately my mom goes, is that a Hickey?

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Examples

  • Her neck was uncovered, but I could see only a faint yellow stain of the hickey.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Give me a hickey on my neck.

    Blog text (27)
  • Who gave you the hickey?

  • - He has these hickeys on his neck.

  • If he gives you a hickey, here's how you get rid of it.

  • He gave me a hickey.

  • Is that a hickey?

  • He sees a hickey on her neck and knows he didn't put it there.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She applies makeup to several hickeys on her neck.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • After their romantic evening, she noticed a hickey on his neck and smiled.

Synonyms

love bite
vshickey
  • NSFW
1 7.4

A temporary mark on the skin made by kissing or sucking

is used for marks as a general display of affection not limited to lovers

How Noticeable

bruise
266 1.6
hickey
  • NSFW
16 8.0
red blotch
1 4.4

Surface Forms

hickey singular
hickeys plural

Etymology

Hickey first meant a small lump or little thing, and by the early 1900s people used it for the small red 'mark' left by kissing or sucking. So a hickey today is a temporary reddish mark on the skin from a kiss.