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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]: Hooky \Hook"y\, a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hooky n : failure to attend (especially school) [syn: {truancy}]
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