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noun
- (context, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during love-making by pressing the mouth to the skin on one"s partner"s body and sucking.
- Used by some speakers to refer to an object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
- (printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
Translations: - French: suí§on
- German: Knutschfleck
- Italian: succhiotto
- Spanish: cacharro , chisme , vaina (italbrac, Caribbean, Central America, Colombia), coso (italbrac, River Plate region)
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Etymology: Unknown
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