Hookier vs Kookier - What's the difference?
hookier | kookier |
(hooky)
Absence from school or work.
Full of hooks.
Shaped like a hook.
(kooky)
As adjectives the difference between hookier and kookier
is that hookier is comparative of hooky while kookier is comparative of kooky.hookier
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Adjective
(head)hooky
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Etymology 1
Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje ("nook, corner; but also '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
- Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.
Derived terms
* play hookyEtymology 2
FromAdjective
(er)kookier
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Adjective
(head)- 2005: 10:23am: Four guys take the one wave, each guy who drops in being kookier than the next. Circus music plays.'' — '''' magazine, ''One Day at Off the Wall , February 2005, page 86.