Definition of "hooky" []

• Informal Absence without leave; truancy: play hooky from school. (noun)

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• "I must confess that I came away feeling a bit ashamed to be a member of the media and journalism tribe (even as I played hooky from the Online News Association's annual confab uptown)."
• "Playing hooky, in other words, sits on a paradox in which you are parent and child at the same time."
• "We've got footage of a mountain lion attacking a doe, a sea-lion on the interstate, and the best lies to use for playing hooky from the office."