"play hooky" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "hooky",
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  "etymology_text": "See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays hooky",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing hooky",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played hooky",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played hooky",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "expansion": "play hooky (third-person singular simple present plays hooky, present participle playing hooky, simple past and past participle played hooky)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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);"
      ],
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        [
          "play truant",
          "play truant"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ],
        [
          "school",
          "school"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "permission",
          "permission"
        ],
        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ],
        [
          "skive",
          "skive"
        ],
        [
          "bunk off",
          "bunk off"
        ]
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        "(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);"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "truant"
        },
        {
          "word": "play truant"
        },
        {
          "word": "mitch"
        },
        {
          "word": "wag"
        },
        {
          "word": "bug out"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "play truant"
        },
        {
          "word": "play hookey"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "play hookie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Catalonia"
          ],
          "word": "fer campana"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "fer pila (Lleida)"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Valencia"
          ],
          "word": "fer fugina"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "逃學"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "school",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "táoxué",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "逃学"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "曠課"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuàngkè",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "旷课"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "逃課"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "táokè",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "逃课"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "chodit za školu"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "pjække"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "skulke"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "spijbelen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "lintsata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "faire l’école buissonnière"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "faire le mur"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "schwänzen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "blaumachen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "káno kopána",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "κάνω κοπάνα"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitparpér",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "הִתְפַּרְפֵּר"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "skrópa"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "bigiare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "marinare la scuola"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttaengttaeng'ichida",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "땡땡이치다"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "skulke"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jim zadan",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "جیم زدن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "iść na wagary"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pójść na wagary"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "matar aula"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "cabular aula"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "cabular"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "gazetear"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "gazear"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "chiuli"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "progúlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прогу́ливать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proguljátʹ",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прогуля́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer novillos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina"
          ],
          "word": "hacerse la rata"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia"
          ],
          "word": "capar clase"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia"
          ],
          "word": "chacharse"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Puerto-Rico"
          ],
          "word": "comer jobo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "specifically Cantabria",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "correrse la clase"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Ecuador"
          ],
          "word": "echarse la pera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Spain's Balearic Islands",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "fullarse de clase"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "fumarse la clase"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "specifically Navarra",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer borota"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Northeastern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer campana"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "hacer la chancha"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Basque Country",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer chicarra"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "hacer la cimarra"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Central",
            "Eastern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer fuchina"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "specifically Extremadura",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "Western"
          ],
          "word": "hacer monta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Madrid",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer pellas"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Paraguay",
            "Southern-Spain",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "hacer la rabona"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Central",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "hacerse la chupina"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "specifically Malaga",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacerse la piarda"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "hacerse la rata"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Uruguay"
          ],
          "word": "ratearse"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Peru"
          ],
          "word": "hacer la vaca"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Northwestern-Argentina"
          ],
          "word": "hacerse la yuta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Basque Country",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "hacer pira"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Aragon",
            "Northern",
            "Spain",
            "specifically"
          ],
          "word": "hacer pirola"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Guatemala"
          ],
          "word": "irse de capiusa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "irse de pinta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "pinteársela"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Venezuela"
          ],
          "word": "jubilarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Northwestern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "latar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Northwestern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "palmar a clase"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Panama"
          ],
          "word": "pavearse"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Canary-Islands",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "pegarse la huyona"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Central",
            "Eastern",
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "pelarse la clase"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Peru"
          ],
          "word": "tirarse la pera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Chile"
          ],
          "word": "hacer la choca"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "skolka"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dòot",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "โดด"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "asmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "kaçmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "kaytarmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
          "word": "kırmak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "En-au-play hooky.ogg",
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "play hooky"
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  "etymology_text": "See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant.",
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      "form": "plays hooky",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "playing hooky",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "played hooky",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "played hooky",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "truant"
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    {
      "word": "play truant"
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      "word": "mitch"
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    {
      "word": "wag"
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    {
      "word": "bug out"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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);"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play truant",
          "play truant"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ],
        [
          "school",
          "school"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "permission",
          "permission"
        ],
        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ],
        [
          "skive",
          "skive"
        ],
        [
          "bunk off",
          "bunk off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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);"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-play hooky.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/En-au-play_hooky.ogg/En-au-play_hooky.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/En-au-play_hooky.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "play truant"
    },
    {
      "word": "play hookey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "play hookie"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Catalonia"
      ],
      "word": "fer campana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "fer pila (Lleida)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ],
      "word": "fer fugina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "逃學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "school",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "táoxué",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "逃学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "曠課"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàngkè",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "旷课"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "逃課"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "táokè",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "逃课"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "chodit za školu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "pjække"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "skulke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "spijbelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "lintsata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "faire l’école buissonnière"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "faire le mur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "schwänzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "blaumachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káno kopána",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "κάνω κοπάνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitparpér",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "הִתְפַּרְפֵּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "skrópa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "bigiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "marinare la scuola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttaengttaeng'ichida",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "땡땡이치다"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "skulke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jim zadan",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "جیم زدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "iść na wagary"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pójść na wagary"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "matar aula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "cabular aula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "cabular"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "gazetear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "gazear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "chiuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "progúlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прогу́ливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proguljátʹ",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прогуля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer novillos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina"
      ],
      "word": "hacerse la rata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia"
      ],
      "word": "capar clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Bolivia"
      ],
      "word": "chacharse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico"
      ],
      "word": "comer jobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "specifically Cantabria",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "correrse la clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador"
      ],
      "word": "echarse la pera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Spain's Balearic Islands",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "fullarse de clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "fumarse la clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "specifically Navarra",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer borota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer campana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "hacer la chancha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Basque Country",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer chicarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "hacer la cimarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Eastern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer fuchina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "specifically Extremadura",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "Western"
      ],
      "word": "hacer monta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Madrid",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer pellas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Paraguay",
        "Southern-Spain",
        "Uruguay"
      ],
      "word": "hacer la rabona"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Central",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "hacerse la chupina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "specifically Malaga",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacerse la piarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay"
      ],
      "word": "hacerse la rata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Uruguay"
      ],
      "word": "ratearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Peru"
      ],
      "word": "hacer la vaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern-Argentina"
      ],
      "word": "hacerse la yuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Basque Country",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "hacer pira"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Aragon",
        "Northern",
        "Spain",
        "specifically"
      ],
      "word": "hacer pirola"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Guatemala"
      ],
      "word": "irse de capiusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "irse de pinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "pinteársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela"
      ],
      "word": "jubilarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "latar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Northwestern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "palmar a clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Panama"
      ],
      "word": "pavearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "pegarse la huyona"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Central",
        "Eastern",
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "pelarse la clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Peru"
      ],
      "word": "tirarse la pera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "hacer la choca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "skolka"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dòot",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "โดด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "asmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "kaçmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "kaytarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse",
      "word": "kırmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play hooky"
}