hooky
1or hook·ey
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.
Origin of hooky
1Words Nearby hooky
How to use hooky in a sentence
Stand up and pivot your turns in bumps and crud, though, and the M6 feels like you’re on a longer radius ski, meaning it remains plenty agile without feeling hooky.
Runners-Up Review: The All-Mountain Skis That Almost Made Our 2022 Winter Buyer’s Guide | agintzler | December 17, 2021 | Outside OnlineWhen she and Isaiah started fighting, she rebelled by playing hooky.
“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System | by Lizzie Presser, photography by Elinor Carucci for The New York Times | December 1, 2021 | ProPublicaThe Pure favors high speeds in wide-open terrain, with a long turn radius underfoot that yields predictability in weird backcountry snow where too much sidecut gets hooky.
The Best New Skis for Powder, Groomers, and the Backcountry | jversteegh | October 26, 2021 | Outside OnlineThat hourglass shape delivers the carving sensation on groomers but can make skis hooky and unpredictable in unconsolidated backcountry snow, especially when a crust forms.
Long-Term Review: The Best Skis, Period | Heather Schultz and Marc Peruzzi | March 4, 2021 | Outside OnlineIf any of the major players play hooky, then we all will suffer.
The Climate Crisis Is Happening Right Now. Just Look at California’s Weekend. | by Elizabeth Weil | September 9, 2020 | ProPublica
I joined the ranks of experts and students playing session-hooky in the hallways.
Longtime Sufferers of Cluster Headaches Find Relief in Psychedelics | Valerie Vande Panne | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey even tacked an extra day onto the jaunt, playing hooky that Tuesday.
After 44 Years Apart, Mother and Daughter Reunited by Facebook | Nina Strochlic | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMany American kids are returning to the classroom today after a summer playing hooky.
hooky indicates an inability to create stories that take place in and around school and, therefore, a dearth of inspiration.
I think there comes a time, in creative work, for playing hooky.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort MitchellWish I could make up my mind, he said, like a boy in some doubt how he can best put in his time when he plays hooky.
Nothing But the Truth | Frederic S. IshamHis coal-black, glossy hair commanded and obtained her admiration, and she found his hooky nose to be handsome.
The Eustace Diamonds | Anthony TrollopeThat he naturally despised the articles of such a soulless faith was evident in his constant inclination to play hooky.
The Place of Honeymoons | Harold MacGrathIt wasnt the usual playing hooky from school case that the judge was taking up now.
Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds
British Dictionary definitions for hooky
hookey
/ (ˈhʊkɪ) /
informal, mainly US, Canadian and NZ truancy, usually from school (esp in the phrase play hooky)
Origin of hooky
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with hooky
see play hooky.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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