Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to play truant.

1968		in DARE.
1969		A. Buzo Rooted I iii: richard: Uh, school. Hookey, you know? bentley: Playing truant.
1984		Algeo Stud Buds and Dorks 2: To not go to class...hook, hookey, play hookey [HDAS].
1993		E. Richards Cocaine True 126: From then on we be hookey school.
1996		L. Pettiway Honey, Honey, Miss Thang 77: Hookying school just to be doing it. [Ibid.] 77: I hooky school for a whole month.