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Synonyms for hooky


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hoo k-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʊk i



Définition of hooky

Origin :
  • also hookey, in the truant sense, 1848, American English (New York City), from Dutch hoekje "hide and seek;" or else from hook it, attested since 14c. as "make off, run away," originally "depart, proceed."
  • noun cut
Example sentences :
  • He sat there stunned until Hooky began licking at his scuffed fingers.
  • Extract from : « The Hoofer » by Walter M. Miller
  • Or your hooky neck, or your two knees is black with knocking one on the other?
  • Extract from : « The Well of the Saints » by J. M. Synge
  • He invented a kind of home-study "hooky" to break the monotony.
  • Extract from : « The Fourth R » by George Oliver Smith
  • My mother was well on to fifty when I gave her that chop, and she got her hooky finger for life.
  • Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
  • Then there were atoms with rough surfaces, "hooky" surfaces, and these stuck together and formed solids.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • Nothing but a few words from a mutt who must have spent most of his time playin' hooky when he went to school.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Race » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • I was overflowing with spirits and arrogance, and began to play "hooky" so often that I practically quit school about this time.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Thief » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • His coal-black, glossy hair commanded and obtained her admiration, and she found his hooky nose to be handsome.
  • Extract from : « The Eustace Diamonds » by Anthony Trollope
  • Is seated straddling across one of the tables, on which he is beating time to the band with a hooky stick.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, September 5, 1841 » by Various
  • Hooky Crewe was driver—so called because an iron hook was his substitute for a right arm.
  • Extract from : « Auld Licht Idyls » by J. M. Barrie

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