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ˈhi-kē

Definition of hickey

as in dingus

a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember I lost the hickey that locks and unlocks the car's doors by remote control

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as in blister

a small, inflamed swelling of the skin the last thing she needed on her wedding day was a hickey for her radiant face

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Here are some tricks for how to remove a hickey beyond the old scarf or turtleneck trick. — Lindsey Ellefson, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2024 The final piece of the puzzle snaps into place as the gang attends a party thrown by Mac’s friend and former producer Roya (Haven Burton), who happens to own the monkey that gave Mac that embarrassing small-mouth hickey. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 The suction cups are left on the body somewhere between five to 10 minutes, which is why the circle marks (which are comparable to a bruise… or even a hickey) appear. — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024

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Noun

Of course that virtue signaling dingus, RJ, did not send a picture of his lawn….

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Here, this happily deluded dingus is played by a modern master of the type, David Cross.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025

Definition of dingus

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Without hesitation, Gardner stepped in to help, despite the fact that the paint and adhesives made his body swell and blister the following day.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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Sometimes, images are blurred and overlaid as densely as the chaos of musical fragments and creaking sonic whatsits in Joseph Field Eccles and Nick Smyth’s own sound design.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Back then, the song was a fast, visionary whatsit, all pulsing, pipe-like synths and simple, buzzing one-bit melodies.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024

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There’s an amulet (one of those glowing doohickeys the fate of the cosmos hangs on), and your heart may sink every time someone starts chattering about it.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 May 2026
Co-writes from Brandi Carlile and vocals from Chris Stapleton can’t save it; the choruses can’t muster up the old dopamine hits; even the trademark Dessner doohickeys seem absent, just uninspired arrangements with heavily Melodyned vocals.

— Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of doohickey

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Autopsy photos displayed in court revealed welts, bruises and scars all over the boy’s body, and police found ropes and chains in the apartment that witnesses said were used to restrain him.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Their bites would leave itchy red welts on my hands and feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of welt

Noun

And this doesn’t include the little four-facial-expression thingamajigs in airport restrooms that ask you to rank cleanliness by touching them.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.

— Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023

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