[syn: hickey, love bite]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hickey \hick"ey\, hickie \hick"ie\n.
1. (Elec.) A device used to adapt a lighting fixture for
mounting in an outlet box, or on a pipe.
[PJC]
2. A red mark on the skin, caused by a passionate, sucking
kiss at that location. [slang]
[PJC]
3. a doohickey. [informal]
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hickey
n 1: a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or
papule; common symptom in acne [syn: pimple, hickey,
zit]
2: a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from
kissing or sucking by their lover [syn: hickey, love
bite]