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Hooky

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈhʊki

Definitions

Absence from school or work; truancy.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربيةالغياب
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Suomirokuli

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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