hickey

succhiotto

Macchia rossa o violacea lasciata sulla pelle da baci accompagnati da suzione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: love bite

Espressioni comuni: give someone a hickey, hickey on someone, hide a hickey

segno del violinista

Segno sul collo provocato dalla pressione di uno strumento, come il violino, mentre lo si suona.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: fiddler's neck

Espressioni comuni: violin hickey, hickey on someone

coso, aggeggio

Oggetto di cui non si conosce o non si ricorda il nome.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: thingy, thingamajig

Espressioni comuni: little hickey, metal hickey, attach a hickey

bernoccolo, gonfiore

Piccola zona gonfia, soprattutto sulla pelle dopo una lesione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bump, swelling

Espressioni comuni: small hickey, hickey on someone