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hickey

American  
[hik-ee] / ˈhɪk i /
Or hickie

noun

  1. Slang.

    1. a pimple.

    2. a reddish mark left on the skin by a passionate kiss.

  2. any device or gadget whose name is not known or is momentarily forgotten.

  3. Electricity. a fitting used to mount a lighting fixture in an outlet box or on a pipe or stud.

  4. a tool used to bend tubes and pipes.

hickey British  
/ ˈhɪkɪ /

noun

  1. informal an object or gadget: used as a name when the correct name is forgotten, etc; doodah

  2. informal a mark on the skin, esp a lovebite

  3. printing a spot on a printed sheet caused by an imperfection or a speck on the printing plate

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Etymology

Origin of hickey

An dating from 1905–10 of obscure origin; senses under hickey def. 1 perhaps a separate word, though the development “device,” from “defective device,” from “defect, blemish, mark” is also possible; doohickey

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