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plays hooky

plays hooky is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play hooky.

Meaning of play hooky

Verb

play hooky (third-person singular simple present plays hooky, present participle playing hooky, simple past and past participle played hooky)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK);
    • Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.
    Synonyms:
    play truant

Questions about plays hooky

What is plays hooky the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays hooky is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play hooky.

Words near plays hooky in the dictionary

  1. plays gooseberry
  2. plays hardball
  3. plays havoc
  4. plays hell with
  5. plays hob with
  6. plays hooky
  7. plays host to
  8. plays house
  9. plays in
  10. plays in Peoria
  11. plays into someone's hand

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