hickey

suçon

Marque rouge ou violette laissée sur la peau par un baiser accompagné de succion.

En anglais simple : A red or purple mark left on the skin when someone kisses and sucks it.

• He had a hickey on his neck.
• She wore a scarf to hide the hickey.
• My boyfriend gave me a hickey.

Synonymes : love bite

Expressions courantes : give someone a hickey, hickey on someone, hide a hickey

marque du violoniste

Marque sur le cou causée par la pression d’un instrument pendant qu’on en joue.

En anglais simple : A mark on the neck caused by an instrument pressing against it during playing.

• The violinist had a hickey on her neck.
• Long rehearsals made his violin hickey worse.
• A softer chin rest helped prevent hickeys.

Synonymes : fiddler's neck

Expressions courantes : violin hickey, hickey on someone

truc, machin

Objet dont on ignore ou a oublié le nom.

En anglais simple : An object whose name you do not know or cannot remember.

• Pass me that little hickey.
• What is this metal hickey called?
• He attached a hickey to the pipe.

Synonymes : thingy, thingamajig

Expressions courantes : little hickey, metal hickey, attach a hickey

bosse

Petite zone gonflée, notamment sur la peau après une blessure.

En anglais simple : A small swollen area, especially on the skin after an injury.

• A hickey appeared where he hit his forehead.
• The small hickey on her elbow was sore.
• The swelling faded, but the hickey remained for a day.

Synonymes : bump, swelling

Expressions courantes : small hickey, hickey on someone