Hooky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal Absence without leave; truancy: play hooky from school.
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  • n. Absence from school or work.
  • adj. Full of hooks.
  • adj. Shaped like a hook.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
  • n. A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to be truant, to run away; -- used mostly of youths absent from school without a valid reason and without the knowledge of their parents. Also (figuratively and jocosely), to be absent from duty for frivolous reasons.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
  • Given to hooking: as, a hooky cow.
  • Hooked.
  • n. A pupil absent from school without leave; a truant: only in the phrase to play hooky, equivalent to to play truant. Also hookey.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. failure to attend (especially school)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nonattendance   
    Cross Reference
    play hooky   
    Rhyme
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