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Hookier vs Sookier - What's the difference?

hookier | sookier |

As adjectives the difference between hookier and sookier

is that hookier is (hooky) while sookier is (sooky).

hookier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (hooky)

    • hooky

    English

    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

  • Absence from school or work.
    • Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.
    Derived terms
    * play hooky

    Etymology 2

    From

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of hooks.
  • Shaped like a hook.

    • sookier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sooky)

    • sooky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sookey * sukey

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
  • * 2006 , Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods , page 189,
    • Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
  • * 1978 , J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia , page 48,
    • Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.
  • * 1999 , Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home , page 138,
    • Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest , purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.
  • * 2009 , Evan McHugh. Birdsville , 2011, ReadHowYouWant, page 139,
    • Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.

    Noun

    (sookies)
  • A sook, a crybaby.