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hookey

hookey noun: a game in which rings are thrown at a board having numbered hooks. Also the alternative spelling of hooky.

Noun

hookey (uncountable)

  1. A game in which rings are thrown at a board having numbered hooks.

Also used as

hookey is also the alternative spelling of hooky.

Words formed from hookey

Words that rhyme with hookey

Questions about hookey

What does hookey mean?
Hookey means a game in which rings are thrown at a board having numbered hooks.
What part of speech is hookey?
Hookey is a noun.

Words near hookey in the dictionary

  1. hookers
  2. hookers-on
  3. hookes
  4. hookest
  5. hooketh
  6. hookey
  7. Hookey Walker
  8. hookgrass
  9. hookgun
  10. hookguns
  11. Hookham

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