hickey
/ˈhɪki
/noun (plural hickeys)
1North American informal A gadget.
2North American informal A love bite or pimple.I knew that in the morning I would have to use cover-up on the new hickeys that he had marked me with....
- Well you were way too busy making out with Andrew - I'm guessing that hickey is from him.
- The next morning, I came to life smelling of smoke, with a twisted ankle, a lot less money, and this really, really big hickey.
3A blemish in printing, especially an area in a solid that has not been inked.
Origin
Early 20th century: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- make sense
- make sense of
- make sheep's eyes at someone
- make shift
- makeshift
- make short work of
- make someone over
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood curdle
- make someone's blood run cold
- make someone's day
- make someone's eyes pop (or pop out)
- make someone's flesh crawl (or creep)
- make someone's hackles rise
- make someone's hair curl
- make someone's hair stand on end
- make someone sick
- make someone's life a misery (or make life a misery for someone)
- make someone's skin crawl
- make someone's skin crawl (or creep)
- make someone's toes curl
- make someone/thing out
- striking price
- strimmer
- Strindberg, August