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

Derived forms: plays hooky, playing hooky, played hooky

Type of: cut, skip

Encyclopedia: Play hooky