- hookey,\ hooky
- When you're not doing anything.
Stop playing hookey and get back to work
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hookey,\ hooky — When you re not doing anything. Stop playing hookey and get back to work … Dictionary of american slang
hookey — Hooky Hook y (h[oo^]k [y^]), n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf. {Hook}, v. t., 3.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hooky — Hook y (h[oo^]k [y^]), n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf. {Hook}, v. t., 3.] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hooky — ☆ hooky [hook′ē ] n. [prob. < Du hoeckje, hide and seek < MDu hoec (> Du hoek), corner (hence, to hide around a corner): see HOOK] used only in the phrase play hooky, to stay away from school without permission; be a truant Informal:… … English World dictionary
Hookey — Hook ey, n. 1. See {Hockey}. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as {hooky}, n.. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hooky — also hookey, in the truant sense, 1848, Amer.Eng. (New York City), from Du. hoekje hide and seek; or else from hook it, attested since 14c. as make off, run away, originally depart, proceed … Etymology dictionary
Hookey Leonard — Infobox Football biography playername= Hookey Leonard fullname = James Leonard nickname = dateofbirth = birth date|1901|5|4 cityofbirth = Saltcoats countryofbirth = Scotland dateofdeath = death date and age|1982|6|13|1901|5|4 cityofdeath =… … Wikipedia
hookey — n. (also hooky) US Phrases and idioms: blind hookey a gambling guessing game at cards. play hookey sl. play truant. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn … Useful english dictionary
hooky — hooky1 /hook ee/, n. unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phrase play hooky): On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing. Also, hookey. [1840 50, Amer.; perh. alter. of phrase hook it escape,… … Universalium
hooky — [[t]h ʊki[/t]] also hookey PHRASE: V inflects If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] ...the misadventures of a happy go lucky boy who plays hooky from school. Syn: play truant (in BRIT, use… … English dictionary
