hooky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Absence from school or work; truancy. uncountable
    — Let's play hooky and go to the mall.
形容词 adj.
  1. Full of hooks (in any sense).
    — Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff.
  2. Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
  3. Dodgy; crooked; illicit. UK,slang
    — Start a thing in the street and attract attention to bags full of hooky gear? No. She was smarter than that.

词形变化

hookier comparative hookiest superlative

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (“nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-seek”). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje. By surface analysis, hook + -y.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English hook
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English hooky
From hook + -y.
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