play hooky

play hooky
или play truant
   paзг.
   пpoгуливaть зaнятия в шкoлe и т. п. [play hookey или hooky пepвoнaч. и пpeим. aмep.]
    Seeing the big yellow buses with Arcadia District School written on the sides had made him feel guilty... He was playing hooky (S. King and P. Straub). He had never had the courage to play truant from the Academy (A. J. Cronin). I had the feeling of a boy who thinks of what is happening at a certain hour at the schoolhouse from which he has played truant (E. Hemingway)

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  • play hooky — {v. phr.}, {informal} To stay out of school to play. * /Carl is failing in school because he has played hooky so many times during the year./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • play hooky — {v. phr.}, {informal} To stay out of school to play. * /Carl is failing in school because he has played hooky so many times during the year./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • play hooky — ☆ play hooky or play hookey n. see HOOKY * * * …   Universalium

  • play hooky — If people play hooky, they don t attend school when they should and don t have a valid reason for their absence …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • play hooky — ☆ play hooky or play hookey n. see HOOKY …   English World dictionary

  • play hooky — verb play truant from work or school The boy often plays hooky • Syn: ↑bunk off • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • play hooky —    If people play hooky, they don t attend school when they should and don t have a valid reason for their absence.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • play hooky — [...”huki] tv. to not go to school; to not keep an appointment. □ I played hooky today and did not go to work. □ Tommy is probably playing hooky from school again …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • play\ hooky — v. phr. informal To stay out of school to play. Carl is failing in school because he has played hooky so many times during the year …   Словарь американских идиом

  • play hooky — vb American to play truant. Hooky (or hookey ) is related to the cockney hook it: to take to one s heels , escape …   Contemporary slang

  • play hooky — verb (US) To miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse. Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day …   Wiktionary


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