hooky
意味
- 精液, 愛液;まずい[まずそうな]食い物
- かぎ(フック)状の
- くすねる
例文
Every school kid has played hooky at one time or another.
多くの学童は、少なくとも一回以上、ズル休みをしたことがあるだろう。
Tom played hooky from school.
トムは、学校をズル休みした。
Did you play hooky yesterday?
昨日学校をさぼったの?
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
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.