how to pronounce hickey

/ˈhɪkiː/

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hickey is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hickey in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… advertisement Hickey countered that …”

meaning of hickey

A hickey is a small, red, raised, often painful, spot on the skin caused by a deep bite.

hickey frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hickey occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.