play hooky
To play truant; to avoid school, work, or other duties; to skive or to bunk offTo 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);
» Let's play hooky today.
Давай сьогодні прогуляємо.
Давайте сьогодні прогуляємо.
Meaning
1 senses(US, idiomatic)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.
schwänzen, blaumachen
прогу́ливатьprogúlivatʹ, прогуля́тьproguljátʹ
play truant from work or school
Examples
16 sentencesLet's play hooky today.
Давай сьогодні прогуляємо.
Did you play hooky yesterday?
Ти вчора прогуляв?
ruТы вчера прогулял занятия?
deHast du gestern die Schule geschwänzt?
A few students in my class played hooky yesterday.
Did Tom use to play hooky?
ruТом раньше прогуливал?
dePflegte Tom die Schule zu schwänzen?
Let's play hooky tomorrow.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truanSee hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant.
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Forms
plays hooky, playing hooky, played hooky, played hooky| Base form | play hooky · to play hooky |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | plays hooky |
| Present participle | playing hooky |
| Past simple | played hooky |
| Past participle | played hooky |
irregular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- play truant from work or school:bunk off
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle