SLANG hooky | hookey Meaning: (in phrase play hooky) to | English Idioms

SLANG

hooky | hookey

Meaning:
(in phrase play hooky) to stay away from school or work without permission

Example sentences:

Let's play hooky tomorrow and go watch the golf. Things are pretty quiet at work anyway.
When I was a kid, I was caught playing hookey when school inspectors nabbed us at the mall.

Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.