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Lovebite vs Hickey - What's the difference?

lovebite | hickey | Synonyms |

Hickey is a synonym of lovebite.



As nouns the difference between lovebite and hickey

is that lovebite is an alternative spelling of love bite while hickey is a bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.

As a proper noun Hickey is

{{surname|A=An|Irish|from=Irish}} anglicised from {{term|Ó hÍcidhe||descendant of a person named Healer|lang=ga}}.

lovebite

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    hickey

    English

    (wikipedia hickey)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
  • (informal, slang) an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
  • (printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo.
  • Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
  • A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
  • (US, slang, business, finance) An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action, often preceded by the words "taking a ..." or "took a ... ".

    • Synonyms

    * (bruise-like mark) love bite, lovebite, knot * (tool) conduit bender * See also

    Derived terms

    * doohickey, dohickey

    See also

    * Web page on printing hickeys English placeholder terms