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PLAY HOOKY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play truant from work or school
Example:
The boy often plays hooky
Synonyms:
bunk off; play hooky
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "play hooky" is one way to...):
cut; skip (intentionally fail to attend)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s