hookynoun
uk/ˈhʊk.i/us/ˈhʊk.i/mainly US informalplay hooky
UK play truant to stay away from school without permission
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not going to school
- absentee
- exclude
- exclusion
- flunk
- flunk out
- gap year
- skive
- study holiday
- suspend
- suspension
- truancy
- truant
- truant officer
- vac
- vacation
hookyadjective
uk/ˈhʊk.i//ˈhʊk.i/used to describe pop music that is particularly pleasing and easy to remember:
The chorus is the most hooky part of the song.
Synonym
catchy