Hooky
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhʊki/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hooky is a noun meaning Absence from school or work; truancy.
Meaning
Absence from school or work; truancy.
More Meanings
- Full of hooks (in any sense).
- Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
- (UK, slang) Dodgy; crooked; illicit.
Example Sentences
Let's play hooky and go to the mall.
Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff.
Start a thing in the street and attract attention to bags full of hooky gear? No. She was smarter than that.
So I decided to put on my seediest voice and leer, and go round offering the traders the Cole line in cheap hooky goods.
Word Forms
- hookier
- hookiest
Synonyms for hooky
Depending on context, synonyms include beaking, bunking, bobbing, dipping, ditching, dogging.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include truancy, truant, absenteeism, absentation, absentee, absency.
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