Definition of hickey Hickey

/hɪˈki/ - [hikee] - hick•ey

We found 9 definitions of hickey from 4 different sources.

What does hickey mean?

Noun Plural: hickeys
hickey - a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover
		love bite
hickey - a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
		pimple, zit
		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)

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