Play Hooky (Verb)
Meaning
Play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Usages
Examples
- After a particularly grueling exam week many students were known to play hooky on the last day of school in June.
- His employers suspected him of playing hooky and promptly checked the company's surveillance footage to confirm their suspicions.
- She had always dreamed of playing hooky from the corporate world and traveling the world.
- Playing hooky was not tolerated in the strict school system and those who were caught were severely punished.
- If he hadn't been caught playing hooky his parents would have never found out about his secret hobby of writing fiction.