hick·ey ˈhi-kē plural hickeys.
The plural of "hickey" would be "hickeys." (Note that this word is not really suitable for polite conversation.)
A hickey, hickie or love bite in British English, is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by kissing or sucking skin, usually on the neck, arm, or earlobe.
A hickey is known as a kiss mark or love bite, it looks like a round purple-red mark and is the result of sucking, biting or aggressive kissing of the soft skin, typically around your neck.
countable noun. A hickey is a mark which someone has on their body as a result of being bitten by their partner when they were kissing or making love. [US, informal]
“Hickeys are like marking territory. They represent an intimate thing that happened and make me feel like a caveman,” he said. “The adrenaline and dopamine rush from that alone is enough to get me going.” It's easy to get carried away, but consent and communication are still important.
"It's not the hickey itself that's making you aroused, it's the act of kissing that's causing the arousal," Dr. Jaber says. For some people, it can feel good to get kissed on the neck. The neck is full of nerve-endings, which can make a kiss there a lot more pleasurable.
Some people call a kissing bruise, a lip hickey, and some are surprised you can get hickeys on the lips as well as the skin. The pressure of the lips against each other can cause some of the small blood vessels in the lips to break, which can lead to bruising.
A hickey is a dark red or purple mark on your skin caused by intense suction. Like other bruises, it should fade in about 2 weeks.
Simply a regular part of a passionate kissing session. Usually the recipients are quite happy to show off to their mates that they're getting some. Although this behaviour is usually reserved for those just beginning their dating lives. By the time you've got your 30th love bite, the novelty just kinda wears off.
“Hickey” is a slang term for a bruise caused by sucking or kissing a person's skin during a passionate moment. A hickey can be a trophy from a pleasing make-out session, but it can also be point of shame: something that a girl feels she must hide from her parents and teachers.
Hickeys are usually a sign of desire, passion, and romance and a way of marking territory or a loved one. It may simply be a passionate reminder of one's love for another. Remember that hickeys are sexual marks and people will often assume that you had an extra passionate time last night.
According to Ryan Neinstein, M.D., a plastic surgeon in New York City, our lips are made up of blood vessels, which become dilated during kissing.
Peck. The peck is a simple, light touch of the lips. The lips might be closed and slightly puckered or pursed, or they might be looser. This is generally what people aim for with their first kiss because it's intimate without being overly sensual.
Stimulating the nerve endings on your lips
The lips and tongue contain a huge number of nerve endings, which trigger signals to the receptors in the brain. This is what causes the lip sensitivity you experience when having a smooch.
Hickeys are like friendship bracelets - juvenile and a little bit childish. While they are great and maybe even significant when you're a kid/teenager, they tend to lose their appeal the older you get.
And others don't want to be marked by their partners. There's nothing wrong with giving a hickey unless it hurts the person getting one. Hickeys vary in size and color depending on the length of time and how strongly the skin is sucked.
(It depends) Hickeys can be a fun no-risk way of showing affection if there is consent. However, hickeys (and other markings) can be controlling and abusive if there isn't consent. It's important to ask and talk about what each partner is comfortable with and to respect boundaries.
The bruise is made up of thousands of tiny blood vessels you've just broken. If you really feel like channeling your inner vampire, you can use your teeth when you leave your hickey (as long as your partner's OK with it). But even without teeth, the sucking motion is enough to break blood vessels and leave a mark.
If a guy wants to give you a hickey, it could mean that he is attracted to you and that he wants to show his affection for you in a physical way. A hickey is a mark left on the skin when someone sucks on it with their mouth, and it is often seen as a sign of passion and affection.
The green-tinted concealer is the best as it negates the red tones of the skin. Apply a foundation that's a little lighter than your skin tone, directly on the hickey (love bite) and all around it. The idea is to even out the skin tone. You can also dust a little translucent powder to hide it further.