0 to stay away from school without permission
1 used to describe pop music that is particularly pleasing and easy to remember:
There were thefts, endless hooky playing, skirmishes with the police and finally a court appearance.
To try to bring them together they have a hooky day.
Fun for some, but other readers may play hooky before the year is over.
A hooky booky makes a proposition to them, to help him win a race through underhanded methods and in exchange, he'll give them a dog.
Really the album is just a collection of hooky little singles.
He played hooky outside his forest until he witnessed his own home being destroyed by humans, who tried top claim it.
They devise a scheme to play hooky from school and go fishing.
After the dog wins several of his races, the hooky booky again appears and once again demands what he says they owe him.