hickey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪk.i/
rhymes: -ɪki
Forms: form: hickeys
form: hicky
form: hickie
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: examples: text: But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest
ref: 2003, “Stand Up”, in Chicken-n-Beer, performed by Ludacris ft. Shawnna:
text: 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.
ref: 2005, William Cane, The Art of Kissing, 2nd edition, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 128:
synonyms: love bite
knot
glosses: A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
glosses: A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
synonyms: word: Sorted by number of Google hits
word: widget
word: hickey
word: gizmo
word: thingy
word: gimmick
word: thingie
word: jigger
word: gismo
word: gubbins
word: whatsit
word: thingamajig
word: doodad
word: whatchamacallit
word: doohickey
word: thingo
word: thingamabob
word: thingummy
word: whatsis
word: thingumajig
word: thingumabob
word: whatchacallit
word: Sorted alphabetically
word: affair
word: bazinga
word: bizzo
word: dealie
word: dealy
word: dinglehopper
word: dingus
word: dohickey
word: dojigger
word: dongle
word: doo-hickey
word: doober
word: doodah
word: doofer
word: doohickus
word: doohinkey
word: doohinkus
word: doojigger
word: doovalacky
word: foobar
word: foo
word: frammis
word: frobnitz
word: gadget
word: geegaw
word: gewgaw
word: gingambob
word: gingumbob
word: hodad
word: hootenanny
word: jawn
word: jimbang
word: jobber
word: jobby
word: joint
word: junk
word: kajigger
word: kludge
word: MacGuffin
word: oojamaflip
word: rigamajig
word: shebang
word: stuff
word: thingabob
word: thingamabobber
word: thingamafuck
word: thingamajigger
word: thingamajiggy
word: thingmabob
word: thingmajig
word: thingmy
word: thingummabob
word: thingummajig
word: thingummyjig
word: thingum
word: thingymabob
word: thingymajig
word: thing
word: ting
word: whachacallit
word: whachamacallit
word: whaddayacallit
word: whatchamahoozie
word: whatdyecallem
word: whatdoyoucallit
word: whatnot
word: whatsaname
word: whatsitsname
word: whiff-whaff
word: whosiewhatsit
word: whosit
word: wossisname
word: wossname
word: wotsit
word: yoke
word: yokibus
glosses: An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.
ref: 2008, American Printer, volume 125, page 63:
text: 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.
ref: 2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A serif or other ornamentation on type.
glosses: Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
synonyms: conduit bender
glosses: A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
examples: text: take a hickey
text: Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
Derived terms: doohickey
dohickey