Meaning of HOOKY
| Pronunciation: | | 'hûkee
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| | Definition: | | [n] failure to attend (especially school) |
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| | Synonyms: | | truancy |
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| | See Also: | | nonattendance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hook"y\, a.
Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
\Hook"y\, n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf. {Hook}, v. t.,
3.]
A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run
away, to play truant.
This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and ``hooky,''
and marbles, was all moonshine. --F. Hopkinson
Smith.
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| | Related Terms: | | abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, AWOL, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, escape, excused absence, fleeing, French leave, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, leaving, nonappearance, nonattendance, running away, sabbatical leave, sick leave, truancy, truantism, unexcused absence, vacation |
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