hooky 1
/hook"ee/ , n.
unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phrase play hooky ): On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing.
Also, hookey .
[ 1840-50, Amer.; perh. alter. of phrase hook it escape, make off ]
hooky 2
/hook"ee/ , adj., hookier, hookiest .
1. full of hooks.
2. hook-shaped.
[ 1545-55; HOOK 1 + -Y 1 ]