German - English
Definition of schuleschwänzen in German English dictionary
- hooky
- Absence from school or work
- If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission. play hooky to stay away from school without permission British Equivalent: truant (Probably from hook, hook it (19-20 centuries))
- {i} illegal absence from school, truancy (also hookey)
- Shaped like a hook
- failure to attend (especially school)
- Full of hooks
- Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks
- A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run away, to play truant
- {s} resembling a hook; full of hooks