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HOOKY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hooky mean?
• HOOKY (noun)
The noun HOOKY has 1 sense:
1. failure to attend (especially school)
Familiarity information: HOOKY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Failure to attend (especially school)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
hooky; truancy
Hypernyms ("hooky" is a kind of...):
nonattendance (the failure to attend)
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