Synonyms of hooky
27 similar words
Another word for hooky is ditching. Other synonyms of hooky are truancy and pawning.
Synonyms and similar words for hooky
nounAbsence from school or work; truancy.
- beaking
- bunking India, UK
- bobbing UKThe motion of something that bobs.
- cutting class
- dipping
- ditchingA deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
- dogging Scotland
- going on the hop Ireland
- going on the lang Ireland
- going on the mitch Ireland
- jigging Australia
- kidding
- mitching Ireland
- pawningThe act by which something is pawned.
- pipping
- playing hooky
- poning
- sculling
- self-motivated field trip
- skipping
- skiving UK
- skidgin UK
- sluffing
- truancyThe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
- tula
- wagging Australia, UKThe motion of something that is wagged.
- truantness dated, obsoleteSynonym of truancy.
Meaning of hooky
- noun Absence from school or work; truancy.
- adjective Full of hooks (in any sense).
- adjective Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
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