Absence from school or work; truancy.

Full of hooks (all senses). / Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.

(idiomatic, US) 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);

That plays hooky.

Alternative form of Hookey Walker

Alternative spelling of play hooky