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hickeys

Variant of hickey

noun pl. hickeys or hickies

  1. Informal any device or gadget; doohickey
  2. a tool used for bending pipe
  3. a coupling for electrical fixtures
  4. Informal a pimple or pustule
  5. Slang a bruise made on the skin by sucking it, as in lovemaking

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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