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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  hickey
       n 1: a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule;
            common symptom in acne [syn: pimple]
       2: a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from
          kissing or sucking by their lover [syn: love bite]
       3: something whose name is either forgotten or not known [syn:
          dohickey, dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick,
          gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob,
           thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig,
           thingummy]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hickey
     n.
     1 (senseid en bruise) (lb en originally US slang) A bruise-like mark
  made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s
  body and sucking. (from 1934)
     2 (lb en informal slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be
  recalled. (from 1909)
     3 (lb en printing) A printing defect <!-- in offset at least and
  probably also in letterpress -->caused by foreign matter on the
  printing surface<!-- such as the litho plate --> 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.
     4 (lb en printing informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hickey
     n.
     (surname en from=Irish).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  hickey
     n.
     1 (senseid en bruise) (lb en originally US slang) A bruise-like mark
  made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s
  body and sucking. (from 1934)
     2 (lb en informal slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be
  recalled. (from 1909)
     3 (lb en printing) A printing defect <!-- in offset at least and
  probably also in letterpress -->caused by foreign matter on the
  printing surface<!-- such as the litho plate --> 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.
     4 (lb en printing informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Hickey
     n.
     (surname en from=Irish).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  hickey
     n.
     1 (senseid en bruise) (lb en originally US slang) A bruise-like mark
  made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s
  body and sucking. (from 1934)
     2 (lb en informal slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be
  recalled. (from 1909)
     3 (lb en printing) A printing defect <!-- in offset at least and
  probably also in letterpress -->caused by foreign matter on the
  printing surface<!-- such as the litho plate --> 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.
     4 (lb en printing informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Hickey
     n.
     (surname en from=Irish).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  hickey
     n.
     1 (senseid en bruise) (lb en originally US slang) A bruise-like mark
  made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s
  body and sucking. (from 1934)
     2 (lb en informal slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be
  recalled. (from 1909)
     3 (lb en printing) A printing defect <!-- in offset at least and
  probably also in letterpress -->caused by foreign matter on the
  printing surface<!-- such as the litho plate --> 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.
     4 (lb en printing informal) A serif or other ornamentation on type.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Hickey
     n.
     (surname en from=Irish).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hickey
     Englanti n.
     1 fritsu
     2 vehje, vekotin, hilavitkutin

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Hickey /hˈɪki/
  العضّة الجنسيّة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  hickey //ˈhɪk.i// 
  смучка
  bruise-like mark

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hickey /hˈɪki/
   [hovor] cucflek

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hickey /hˈɪki/
  Dings , Dingsbums , Dingsda 
     Synonyms: dohickey, dojigger, doodad, doodah, doohickey, gimmick
  
   see: be on a sticky wicket
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hickey /hˈɪki/
   [Am.]  [coll.] Knutschfleck 
     Synonyms: love bite, hickie
  
   see: love bites, hickies, hickeys
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  hickey //ˈhɪk.i// 
  1. fritsu
  bruise-like mark
  2. juttu
  referring to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled
  3. patti
  swelling in a tissue area

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  hickey //ˈhɪk.i// 
  キスマーク
  bruise-like mark

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  hickey //ˈhɪk.i// 
  sugemerke
  bruise-like mark

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  hickey //ˈhɪk.i// 
  1. sugmärke
  bruise-like mark
  2. grej, grunka, mackapär, manick, mojäng
  referring to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  hickey /hˈɪki/
  1. (A.B.D), (k.dili.) alet, tertibat
  2. sivilce
  3. (mak.) boru bükme aleti.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhɪki/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "hickey":
     affair, article, artifact, birthmark, blackhead, bleb, blemish,
     blister, bulla, check, cicatrix, comedo, crack, crater, craze,
     defacement, defect, deformation, deformity, dingus, disfiguration,
     disfigurement, distortion, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy,
     domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes, etwas, fault, flaw,
     flumadiddle, freckle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo,
     hemangioma, hootenanny, hootmalalie, jigger, keloid, kink, lentigo,
     material thing, milium, mole, needle scar, nevus, object, pimple,
     pit, pock, pockmark, port-wine mark, port-wine stain, pustule,
     quelque chose, rift, scab, scar, scratch, sebaceous cyst,
     something, split, strawberry mark, sty, thing, thingum,
     thingumabob, thingumadad, thingumadoodle, thingumajig,
     thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, track, twist, verruca,
     vesicle, wale, warp, wart, weal, welt, wen, whatchy, whitehead,
     widget
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 机构;装置;接口

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