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hickey vs love bite

Both 'hickey' and 'love bite' refer to the same thing, which is a mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking. They are interchangeable and commonly used in informal contexts.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 1163 views

hickey

The term 'hickey' is correct and commonly used to refer to a mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking.

It is used informally to describe the mark left on the skin after someone kisses or sucks on it.

Examples:

She had a hickey on her neck.
He tried to cover up the hickey with a scarf.
I got a hickey from my boyfriend last night.
The hickey was quite noticeable.
She blushed when someone mentioned the hickey.

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And you have a hickey on your neck.
I would have left knowing more than how to remove a hickey with a toothbrush.
The proud owner of his first hickey.
What is that? Nasty hickey, or...
Well, it can't be a hickey.
I wasn't really expecting a hickey.
But this hickey speaks for itself.
I'm giving you a hickey, you goof.
Someone created those hickey marks, then bled the man out.
It's as obvious as that hickey on your neck.
Tess, is this about the hickey?
Son, I'd let goering give me a hickey if he'd get me to the bottom of this.
Because you had a hickey on your neck for a week after our mission in Miami.
In fact, tell whoever gave you that hickey she's got a loose crown.
Just a little hickey that Kitty Randall gave to me when we dry humped the other night.
Well, Nikki with the hickey I didn't know, uh, you were seeing someone.
Dude, I hope it wasn't your brother that gave you that hickey.
The defendant dumped boiling water on her baby because the father came home with a hickey on his neck.
Is that a hickey you have there?
Well, he hasn't owned up to anything, but I'm as sure as the hickey I saw on his neck.

Alternatives:

love bite
kiss mark
passion mark
neck bruise
suction mark

love bite

The term 'love bite' is correct and commonly used to refer to a mark on the skin caused by kissing or sucking.

It is used informally to describe the mark left on the skin after someone kisses or sucks on it.

Examples:

She had a love bite on her arm.
He gave her a love bite on her shoulder.
The love bite was quite dark.
She covered the love bite with makeup.
He was embarrassed about the love bite.

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Raymond gave me a love bite.
Did one of the boys give that love bite... or was my mother?
Was it Curtis who gave you that love bite on your neck.

Alternatives:

hickey
kiss mark
passion mark
neck bruise
suction mark

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