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)
- 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)
- Full of hooks.
- Shaped like a hook.
Anagrams
- hokyo
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nooky
English
Etymology 1
Noun
nooky (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of nookie
Etymology 2
nook +? -y
Adjective
nooky (comparative nookier, superlative nookiest)
- 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.
- 1901, Modern Cemetery (volumes 10-11, page 164)
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