hickey

CEFRB2

/ˈhɪk.i/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
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.

In context

Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.
take a hickey
But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest

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But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest
2003, “Stand Up”, in Chicken-n-Beer, performed by Ludacris ft. Shawnna
When it comes to hickeys, the best I can tell you is that a lot of girls cover them with makeup or a turtleneck shirt. But let me close with a final thought. Never be ashamed of your hickeys. Show them off proudly as badges of love.
2005, William Cane, The Art of Kissing, 2nd edition, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 128
Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.
2008, American Printer, volume 125, page 63
It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.
2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists
No, a pimple is not a small pimp. It is what they call a hickey in the country. Look up papules.
1909, “Syphilo-dermo Urologic Maxims”, in American Journal of Dermatology and Genito-urinary Diseases, page 89

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