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English → English (gcide) Definition: hookey Hooky \Hook"y\ (h[oo^]k"[y^]), n. [Written also hookey.] [Cf. Hook, v. t., 3.] A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to be truant, to run away; -- used mostly of youths absent from school without a valid reason and without the knowledge of their parents. Also (figuratively and jocosely), to be absent from duty for frivolous reasons. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and “hooky,” and marbles, was all moonshine. --F. Hopkinson Smith. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Hockey \Hock"ey\, n. [From Hook, n.] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals. [1913 Webster] 2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.] [1913 Webster]