Hooky

/ˈhʊki/

Synonyms for "hooky" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (10)

Related words (18)

french leavefurloughholidayleaveleave of absenceleavingnonappearancenonattendancerunning awaysabbatical leavesick leavetruancytruantismunexcused absencevacation
Noun(3 words)
skipping schooltruantunexcused

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
absencecolloquial terminformal termnonattendanceslang term

More specific

5 entries
absenteecutting classslackertruantunexcused absence

Collocations

12 entries
class absencecutting classhooky activityhooky behaviorhooky dayhooky excusehooky notehooky studentschool absenceskipping classtruancy rateunexcused absence

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Did Tom use to play hooky?

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You played hooky yesterday?

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"Ah ... I'm just not feeling so well" "Really? Are you OK?" "Heh-heh. Actually I'm playing hooky."

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Every school kid has played hooky at one time or another.

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