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1Hooky — Hook y (h[oo^]k [y^]), n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf. {Hook}, v. t., 3.] 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… …
2Hooky — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Hooky llamado anzuelado en España y enganchado en Hispanoamérica. Es un episodio de la primera temporada de Bob Esponja. Contenido 1 Sinopsis 2 Trivia 3 Detalles …
3hooky — ☆ hooky [hook′ē ] n. [prob. < Du hoeckje, hide and seek < MDu hoec (> Du hoek), corner (hence, to hide around a corner): see HOOK] used only in the phrase play hooky, to stay away from school without permission; be a truant Informal:… …
4Hooky — Hook y (h[oo^]k [y^]), a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks. [1913 Webster] …
5Hooky the Cripple — is a 2002 novel written by Mark Brandon Chopper Read, illustrated by Adam Cullen published by Pluto Press.Plot summaryThe story is set in the sixteenth century. It is about a hunchbacked son of a prostitute who stabs a bullying butcher in the… …
6hooky — also hookey, in the truant sense, 1848, Amer.Eng. (New York City), from Du. hoekje hide and seek; or else from hook it, attested since 14c. as make off, run away, originally depart, proceed …
7hooky — hooky1 /hook ee/, n. 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. [1840 50, Amer.; perh. alter. of phrase hook it escape,… …
8hooky — n. (colloq.) (AE) unexcused absence from school to play hooky * * * [ hʊkɪ] (colloq.) (AE) [ unexcused absence from school ] to play hooky …
9hooky — hook|y [ huki ] noun play hooky 1. ) if a student plays hooky, they do not go to school on a day when they are expected to 2. ) HUMOROUS used when you do not go to work …
10hooky — [[t]h ʊki[/t]] also hookey PHRASE: V inflects If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] ...the misadventures of a happy go lucky boy who plays hooky from school. Syn: play truant (in BRIT, use… …
