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    [Adjective]  | "hooky" 


    1: curved or bent like a hook

    2: appealing and easy to remember : catchy


    Origin: 1608 ;

    [Noun]  | "hooky" | \ ˈhu̇-kē \



    Origin: 1842 ;

     Probably from slang hook, hook it to make off;

    [Phrase]  | "play hooky" 


    1: to fail to attend;


      * e.g., " ... He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day. "





    [Phrase]  | "played hooky" 


    1: to fail to attend;


      * e.g., " ... He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day. "





    [Phrase]  | "plays hooky" 


    1: to fail to attend;


      * e.g., " ... He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day. "





    [Phrase]  | "playing hooky" 


    1: to fail to attend;


      * e.g., " ... He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day. "





     [ "hooky" ]

    1: Absence without leave; truancy.

      * e.g.,  ... All John does is play hooky from school and stay home & do drugs. 

     [ "hooky" ]

    1: ditching school, when you are a minor.

      * e.g.,  ... Huck, let's play hooky and go fishing. 

     [ "hooky" ]

    1: A nickname for Peter Hook, bassist in Joy Division and then New Order, as well as side projects Revenge and Monaco. Uniquely, his bass takes the role of a lead guitar in most Joy Divison and New Order songs. He plays it at round about knee level and staggers about and appears to be fighting with it.

      * e.g.,  ... Hooky is a grumpy sod, but a fantastic bass player. 

     [ "hooky" ]

    1: Adjective used to describe music or a song that has an addictive hook. Used especially by DJ's and record collectors as a descriptive term.

      * e.g.,  ... All the records that Carl Cox plays are super fucking hooky. 

     [ "hooky" ]

    1: polite way of saying the f word, means the same thing just not as offensive

      * e.g.,  ... Alright, who went and hookied with my stuff. 

     [ "hookie" ]

    1: A day in which liberty is taken upon oneself to exclude themself from school or work obligations while, most likely, pretending to be sick or having a death in the family. Usually this time is spent with a significant other (i.e. hookie for nookie), a sports activity (i.e. golf or playstation), or just plain sitting on ones ass all day editing & writing definintions for modern slang words over the internet. Commonly referred to as "playing hookie".

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, the money's great at my new job. But I had to play hookie from work today because I needed the nookie. 

     [ "Hooky" ]

    1: Hooky - a term used mainly in London and Southern England to describe people, items or situations that are dodgy, crooked, bent or just plain below-board. Often used in conjunction with gear to describe items that are possibly stolen or otherwise "hot".

      * e.g.,  ... "I got this hooky dvd player from a guy down the Winchester." 

     [ "Hooky" ]

    1: 1: Ditching school cause: a: you hate it b: it's terrible c: something terrible has happened

      * e.g.,  ... 1: Fuck school, Fuck homework!, i going to play hooky 


     [ "Hooky" ]

    2: 2: a freshly stolen object

      * e.g.,  ... 2: Dude! is that a hooky phone?! 


     [ "Hooky" ]

    3: 3: a type of jam where you have hooks stuck in your clothes

      * e.g.,  ... 3: Sorry i was late, i was in a bit of a hooky 

     [ "Hooky" ]

    1: somethin dodgy, stollen or obtained illeaglly. usually something of value and admiratin.

      * e.g.,  ... new rides hooky. or got me new phone on the hook. 

     [ "Hooky" ]

    1: It basically means skipping or ditching school.

      * e.g.,  ... I like to play hooky. 

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