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Meaning of Hooky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈhʊki

Definitions

Absence from school or work; truancy.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الغياب
Suomi rokuli

Examples

“Let's play hooky and go to the mall.”
“I was already two years late getting to college. I was twenty, not eighteen like most people who were about to graduate. All that hooky playing, stealing, and getting sent to juvenile jails had set me way back.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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