hooky.
Absence from school or work; truancy.
Meaning & usage
Absence from school or work; truancy.
Let's play hooky and go to the mall.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (“nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-seek”). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje. By surface analysis, hook + -y.
Full of hooks (in any sense).
Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff.
Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
Dodgy; crooked; illicit.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English hook Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hooky From hook + -y.
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