HICKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hickey mean? 

• HICKEY (noun)
  The noun HICKEY has 2 senses:

1. a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

2. a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

  Familiarity information: HICKEY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HICKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hickey; pimple; zit

Hypernyms ("hickey" is a kind of...):

acne (an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hickey"):

papule (a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox))

pustule (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hickey; love bite

Hypernyms ("hickey" is a kind of...):

erythema (abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation))