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hook•y

Pronunciation: (hook'ē), [key]
—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.

hook•y

Pronunciation: (hook'ē), [key]
—adj., hook•i•er, hook•i•est.
1. full of hooks.
2. hook-shaped.

hookworm

hooligan

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