Definitions for hookeys

hookeys hook·ey

Spelling: [hoo k-ee]
IPA: /ˈhʊk i/

Hookeys is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in hookeys (ehkoosy).

Definitions for hookeys

noun

  1. hooky1 .
  2. unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phrase play hooky):

Origin of hookeys

1840-50, Americanism; perhaps alteration of phrase hook it escape, make off

Examples for hookeys

Captain Gabion challenged hookey, who, alone of the three, performed correctly.

His solitary walks on the opposite side of the street had not even, from the first, escaped the scrutinizing eyes of Mr. hookey.

But all this time I was sufferin like hookey with awful spasms of whoopin cough.

His nose was not hookey, with any especial hook, nor was it thicker at the bridge than was becoming.

So saying, he retreated as slowly as he entered, leaving Mr. hookey utterly stupified and bewildered.

What would we have done if she had been very tall and stout, and fierce-looking, with spectacles and a hookey nose?

“I noticed that most of the boys smiled when I said ‘hookey,’” ventured Uncle Ben, critically.

hookey was then supplied with his board, the pole of which he placed on his foot, in the manner of a spear or lance.

“hookey”—as the carp said, when he saw a worm at the end of a line.

You went to the same school; played "hookey" together; bathed in the creek together.

Word Value for hookeys
Scrable

16

Words with friends

14

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