Hooky /(ho͝ok"y̆)/
Hook·y
Hooky
a.
- Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
Hooky
n.
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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 their parents. Also (figuratively and jocosely), to be absent from duty for frivolous reasons.
This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and “hooky,” and marbles, was all moonshine.