HICKEY Meaning of HICKEY in English ■ noun ( plural ~s ) 1》 N. Amer. informal a gadget. 2》 N. Amer. informal a love bite. 3》 a blemish in printing caused by a piece of dirt.Originearly 20th cent.: of unknown origin. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004