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Synonyms for play hooky

  • verb

Most common

skip bunk off play truant skive

All synonyms

Verb

skip, bunk off, play truant, skive, skive off informal UK IE, twag UK, bunk out slang IE

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    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);

    Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.

Related words

Other spellings
play hookey play hookie

Example sentences

  • skip My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
  • skive How about we skive off school and go to the beach?

By length

4 letters
skip1, twag
5 letters
skive

In other languages

Français
faire l'école buissonnière