LOVE BITE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover

Synonyms:

hickey; love bite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("love bite" is a kind of...):

erythema (abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation))

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