Usually means: Skipping school or work intentionally.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. play hooky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. play hooky: Merriam-Webster
  3. play hooky: Vocabulary.com
  4. play hooky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. play hooky: Wiktionary
  6. play hooky: Dictionary.com
  7. play hooky: FreeDictionary.org
  8. play hooky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. play hooky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. play hooky: Rhymezone

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play hooky: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. play hooky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. play hooky: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (play hooky)

verb:  (idiomatic, US) To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK);

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