hooky

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noun

An unexcused absence: cut, truancy, truantry. See seek/avoid.

adjective
adjective, Brit

Illegally acquired or produced; stolen or counterfeit. (1985 —) .
Guardian Does a fake Renoir matter any more than a hooky Rolex? (1996)

[Prob. from hook adjective (from the notion of not being straight—cf. bent, crooked) + -y; cf. obs. hooky-crooky.]

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For a list of words related to hooky, see:

• Extracurricular Activities and Concerns - hooky: nonattendance at school
• Vacations and Interludes - hooky: unexcused absence from school

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See words rhyming with "hooky."

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - kroget

2.
n. - pjæk

idioms:

• play hooky    skulke, pjække

Nederlands (Dutch)
het spijbelen

Français (French)
1.
adj. - en forme de crochet

2.
n. - (faire) l'école buissonnière

idioms:

• play hooky    faire l'école buissonnière

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - voller Haken, Haken...

2.
n. - Schwänzen

idioms:

• play hooky    schwänzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ) σκασιαρχείο, κοπάνα

idioms:

• play hooky    κάνω κοπάνα/σκασιαρχείο

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• play hooky    marinare la scuola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ausência (f) sem motivo (gazeta) (gír.)

idioms:

• play hooky    gazetear (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
крючковатый, полный крючков, прогул

idioms:

• play hooky    прогуливать

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - con ganchos, con forma de gancho

2.
n. - que hace novillos, que hace la cimarra, rabonero, que va de pinta, que capea clases

idioms:

• play hooky    hacer novillos, hacerse la rabona o la rata, irse de pinta, hacer la cimarra o capear, capar clase

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skolk, skit, sperma, äcklig mat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逃学者

idioms:

• play hooky    逃学, 偷懒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 逃學者

idioms:

• play hooky    逃學, 偷懶

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 갈고리가 많은, 갈고리 모양의

2.
n. - 학교 등을 빼먹기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - くそ, 下痢

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المهمل, الكسلان, المتهرب من اداء واجبه وبخاصه الطالب الذي يتغيب من المدرسه بغير اذن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דמוי קרס‬
n. - ‮היעדרות ללא נטילת רשות‬

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