1. a small gadget or device whose name is unknown or forgotten
Usage: informal
2. a red mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting
Usage: informal
3. a pimple or small skin blemish
Usage: informal

Examples

• Can you hand me that little hickey over there?
• I need some kind of hickey to fix this loose screw.
• She wore a scarf to cover the hickey on her neck.
• The teenager was embarrassed about the hickey on his forehead.
• That hickey on your chin will clear up in a few days.
• What’s this hickey supposed to do?