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Verb: play hooky
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: skive)
  1. Be absent from work or school without permission
    "The boy often plays hooky";
    - bunk off [Brit, informal], skive [Brit, informal], bunk [Brit, informal], mitch [Ireland, informal], truant, wag [Austral, NZ, informal], play truant

Derived forms: playing hooky, plays hooky, played hooky

Type of: cut, skip

Encyclopedia: Play hooky

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play a joke on
play a trick on
play along
play around
play back
play ball
play date
play down
play false
play group
play hooky
play it by ear
play list
play off
play on words
play out
play possum
play reading
play the field
play therapy
play tricks