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hookey |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hooky \Hook"y\, n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf. {Hook}, v. t., 3.] A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run away to play truant. This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and ``hooky,'' and marbles, was all moonshine. --F. Hopkinson Smith. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hockey \Hock"ey\, n. [From {Hook}, n.] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals. 2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and {hawkey}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hookey \Hook"ey\, n. See {Hockey}.