- play truant, play hookey
- تَغَيَّبَ عن المدرسة \ play truant, play hookey: to stay away from school without permission. \ تَهَرَّبَ من المدرسة \ play truant, play hookey: to stay away from school without permission.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
play truant, play hookey
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play hookey — Play truant … A concise dictionary of English slang
play hookey — N. Amer. informal play truant. → hookey … English new terms dictionary
play truant — stay away from school, truant; Brit. informal skive (off), bunk off; Irish informal mitch (off); N. Amer. informal play hookey, goof off; … Useful english dictionary
play — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) occupy or amuse oneself pleasantly with some recreation, game, exercise, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by with) act light heartedly or flippantly (with feelings etc.). 3 tr. a perform on or be able to perform on (a… … Useful english dictionary
hookey — n. (also hooky) US Phrases and idioms: blind hookey a gambling guessing game at cards. play hookey sl. play truant. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn … Useful english dictionary
hookey — (also hooky) noun (in phr. play hookey) N. Amer. informal play truant. Origin C19: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
play truant — verb To be absent from school without permission. Syn: cut class, skip class, play hookey, bunk, bump off, wag … Wiktionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia
Truancy — Truant redirects here. For the Alien Ant Farm album, see truANT. Hookey redirects here. For other uses, see Hookey (disambiguation). Truancy is any intentional unauthorized absence from compulsory schooling. The term typically describes absences… … Wikipedia
