hooky

Meanings

Noun

• Absence from school or work; truancy.

Adjective

• Full of hooks (all senses).
• Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.

Origin

• Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje. Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje.
• From hook + -y.