Noun : On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing. From Dictionary.com.
That is what I call "playin 'hooky". From Wordnik.com. [Caption Contest: Write the Best...] Reference
I played "hooky" with my soon to be thirteen-year old daughter. From Wordnik.com. [James M. Lynch: 5 Tips for Budgeting Time] Reference
The melody itself is OK, but it's hardly "hooky" or anything. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
He invented a kind of home-study "hooky" to break the monotony. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth R] Reference
Karpisek said he wasn't really playing "hooky" from the legislature. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Daily Sun News Articles] Reference
I mean, we used to call this playing hooky, I think. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2007] Reference
It's a country that faces a hooky threat in the North. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009] Reference
I think you should play hooky so we can have some fun. From Wordnik.com. [Honeymoon]
I played hooky in anticipation of the special delivery. From Wordnik.com. [Boba Fett Blues] Reference
But my coworkers are going to see me playing hooky now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2009] Reference
Rick Oscher and Steven Rubinstein weren't playing hooky. From Wordnik.com. [The Traders Who Skip Most of the Day] Reference
WHITFIELD: Well, perhaps you want to play hooky from work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2007] Reference
And I said, we should go play hooky, and he said, we can't. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2002] Reference
The title track from Shelton's six-song EP is instantly hooky. From Wordnik.com. [Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for August 10] Reference
One of the hunters of the day was a teacher, also playing hooky. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Huckleberry Finn pleasure of playing hooky from the Neurophysical. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
But yes, I played hooky from work to watch some of the ceremonies. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
HARRIS: Three hundred sixty five million reason why to play hooky. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2006] Reference
They're hoping maybe they called in sick or they were playing hooky. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2008] Reference
Playing hooky to take your ecstatic kids to a Wiggles concert: priceless. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide World Of Wiggles] Reference
"If I played hooky would you let me go fishing with you to-morrow?" asked. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund] Reference
Kids playing hooky and the truant officer gets his comeuppance in the end. From Wordnik.com. [Archie: American Idol] Reference
Because 21 REPUBLICANS and 9 DEMOCRATS played hooky and skipped off early. From Wordnik.com. [HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 30TH, 2010] Reference
PHILLIPS: Playing hooky is a little harder these days in the Denver suburbs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2008] Reference
They are also saying hey, don't come in for the rush hour, play hooky, stay home. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2003] Reference
A multiphased record with a dipping and very hooky lead riff under lying throughout. From Wordnik.com. [Message In A Bottle, 7''] Reference
O'BRIEN: The good news is, a lot of people are playing hooky today, anyway, Fredricka. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2002] Reference
Keith is going to take a day off of school and play hooky meeting his first cousins!. From Wordnik.com. [PoeticaL] Reference
I'm playing hooky from work today, simply because it's my manager's last week in my dept. From Wordnik.com. [crownroyal Diary Entry] Reference
BECK: I mean, OK, I did play hooky from the radio show today and I got a lot of mail about it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 30, 2006] Reference
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