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Hooky

//ˈhʊki// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
  3. 3
    Dodgy; crooked; illicit. UK, slang

    "Start a thing in the street and attract attention to bags full of hooky gear? No. She was smarter than that."

Noun
  1. 1
    Absence from school or work; truancy. uncountable

    "Let's play hooky and go to the mall."

  2. 2
    failure to attend (especially school) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From hook + -y.

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