hooky

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hook·y

(ho͝ok′ē)

n. Informal

Absence without leave; truancy: play hooky from school.

[Perhaps from hook it, to make off.]

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hooky

(ˈhʊkɪ) or

hookey

(Education) informal chiefly US and Canadian and NZ truancy, usually from school (esp in the phrase play hooky)

[C20: perhaps from hook it to escape]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hook•y

or hook•ey

(ˈhʊk i)

n.

unjustifiable absence from school or work (usu. in the phrase play hooky).

[1840–50, Amer.; perhaps alter. of phrase hook it escape, make off]

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Noun

hooky - failure to attend (especially school)

truancy

nonattendance - the failure to attend

hooky

noun

Informal. An unexcused absence:

cut, truancy, truantry.

Translations

hooky

hookey [ˈhʊki] n
to play hooky (mainly US) (= play truant) → faire l'école buissonnière

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hooky

n (US, inf) → Schuleschwänzen nt (inf); to play hooky → (die) Schule schwänzen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hooky

[ˈhʊkɪ] n (fam) to play hooky → marinare la scuola

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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