Hooky

ahd-5
  • noun. Absence without leave; truancy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
  • Given to hooking: as, a hooky cow.
  • Hooked.
  • noun. A pupil absent from school without leave; a truant: only in the phrase to play hooky, equivalent to to play truant. Also hookey.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • adjective. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Absence from school or work.
  • adjective. Full of hooks.
  • adjective. Shaped like a hook.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. failure to attend (especially school)
    • Word Usage
    "I must confess that I came away feeling a bit ashamed to be a member of the media and journalism tribe (even as I played hooky from the Online News Association's annual confab uptown)."
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