hooky

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Shaped like a hook
Full of hooks
Absence from school or work

Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.

If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission. play hooky to stay away from school without permission British Equivalent: truant (Probably from hook, hook it (19-20 centuries))
{i} illegal absence from school, truancy (also hookey)
failure to attend (especially school)
Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks
A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run away, to play truant
{s} resembling a hook; full of hooks
hooky-playing
That plays hooky
play hooky
To miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse

Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.

hookey
{i} illegal absence from school, truancy (also hooky)
hookey
truancy, especially from school
play hooky
bunk off: play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky"
play hooky
be absent from school without permission
hooky

    Heceleme

    hoo·ky

    Türkçe nasıl söylenir

    hûki

    Telaffuz

    /ˈho͝okē/ /ˈhʊkiː/

    Etimoloji

    (noun.) circa 1848. probably from slang hook, hook it.