noun
- a bruise or mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting, typically on the neck or arm
Usage: informal; also spelled 'hickey'
Examples
- She tried to hide the hickie on her neck with a scarf.
- He came back from the party with a hickie on his arm.
- The hickie faded after about a week.
- She was embarrassed to show up at school with a visible hickie.
- He joked that the hickie made him look like a vampire victim.