01 a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
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Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
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2 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Hooky
02 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 re…
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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.“This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and “hooky,” and marbles, was all moonshine.” — F. Hopkinson Smith.