different between hooky vs nooky

hooky

English

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: hookey, hookie

Etymology 1

Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-go-seek). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-go-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje.

Noun

hooky (uncountable)

  1. Absence from school or work. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
  • play hooky

Etymology 2

From hook +? -y.

Adjective

hooky (comparative hookier, superlative hookiest)

  1. Full of hooks.
  2. Shaped like a hook.

Anagrams

  • hokyo

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nooky

English

Etymology 1

Noun

nooky (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of nookie

Etymology 2

nook +? -y

Adjective

nooky (comparative nookier, superlative nookiest)

  1. Like a nook; small and secluded or cosy.
    • 1901, Modern Cemetery (volumes 10-11, page 164)
      [] it may be a little seat in a nooky place, a spring under a tree, a bit of walk by the brookside or a vista amongst the trees.
    • 1909, Edward Payson Powell, The Country Home (page 1053)
      And so you will find that his whole orchard is a quaint and nooky place where one may not only pick apples, but may saunter and rest.

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