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hooky
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Origin
hook·y
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noun
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.
Origin:
1840–50,
Americanism
;
perhaps alteration of phrase
hook it
escape, make off
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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hook·y
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adjective,
hook·i·er,
hook·i·est.
1.
full of
hooks
.
2.
hook-shaped.
Origin:
1545–55;
hook
1
+
-y
1
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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World English Dictionary
hooky
or
hookey
(ˈhʊkɪ)
—
n
informal
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
), (
NZ
) truancy, usually from school (esp in the phrase
play hooky
)
[C20: perhaps from
hook it
to escape]
hookey
or
hookey
—
n
[C20: perhaps from
hook it
to escape]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
hooky
1848, Amer.Eng. (New York City), from Du. hoekje "hide and seek," or from hook it, 14c., "make off, run away," originally "depart, proceed."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
hooky
see
play hooky
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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