hookey/hooky : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

	English	German
	to skip work; to skive off work [Br.] [coll.]; to take/pull/throw a sickie [Br.]; to play hookey/hooky from work [Am.] [dated]	krankfeiern; krankmachen; blaumachen [ugs.] {vi}
	He simply skipped work.	Er hat einfach blau gemacht.
	to truant from sth. [Br.]; to play truant from sth. [Br.]; to bunk off ↔ sth. [Br.]; to skive sth. [Br.]; to skip sth. [Am.] (class, lecture etc.)	etw. schwänzen; spritzen [Ös.] {vt} (Schulstunde, Vorlesung usw.) [school] [stud.]
	truanting; playing truant; bunking off; skiving; skipping	schwänzend; spritzend
	truanted; played truant; bunked off; skived; skipped	geschwänzt; gespritzt
	to skive off school [Br.]; to bunk off school [Br.]; to skip school/classes [Am.]; to cut school/classes [Am.]; to wagg/skip classes/school [Austr.]; to play hookey/hooky from school [Am.] [dated]	Schule schwänzen; Schule stageln [Wien]