Usually means: Bruises from sucking on skin.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hickeys: Merriam-Webster
  2. hickeys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hickeys: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hickeys: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hickey's, Hickeys, hickeys: Wordnik
  6. hickeys: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hickeys: Wiktionary
  8. hickeys: Dictionary.com
  9. hickeys: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hickeys: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hickeys: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hickeys: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hickey)

noun:  (originally US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
noun:  A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
noun:  (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
noun:  (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, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
noun:  (printing, informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.
noun:  Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
noun:  A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
noun:  (US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
noun:  A surname from Irish.
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