Dictionary

play truant en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive) To be absent from school without permission.
   • [S]ince I pluckt Geeſe, plaide Trevvant, and vvhipt Top, I knevv not vvhat 'tvvas to be beaten, till lately. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 58, column 1:

Forms

Hypernyms

shirk

Relateds

truancy

Synonyms

bunk · cut class · go on the lang · beak · hop the wag · bob · bug out · go on the hop · skip · skip school · play truant · pip · bunk off · scull · plunk · skive off · dob · bump off · sluff · hop the twig · kid · skive · play the wag · go on the mitch · dip · wag · jig · dog · twag · ditch · mitch · play hooky · wag it · sag off

Translations (50)

pl wagarować (to be absent from school without permission) · tl magbulakbol (to be absent from school without permission) · nl spijbelen (to be absent from school without permission) · id tuang (to be absent from school without permission) · he הבריז (to be absent from school without permission) · vi trốn học (to be absent from school without permission) · ar تَسَرَّبَ (to be absent from school without permission) · cmn 逃課 /逃课 (to be absent from school without permission) · el κάνω κοπάνα (to be absent from school without permission) · hu lóg (to be absent from school without permission) · uk сачкувати (to be absent from school without permission) · ru прогуля́ть (to be absent from school without permission) · cmn 逃學 /逃学 (to be absent from school without permission) · ko 결석(缺席)하다 (to be absent from school without permission) · fi lintsata (to be absent from school without permission) · da skulke (to be absent from school without permission) · fr faire l'école buissonnière (to be absent from school without permission) · cmn 翹課 /翘课 (to be absent from school without permission) · ja 学校をサボる (to be absent from school without permission) · ro trage chiulul (to be absent from school without permission) · vi sủi (to be absent from school without permission) · cy mitsio (to be absent from school without permission) · it bigiare (to be absent from school without permission) · da pjække (to be absent from school without permission) · ro chiuli (to be absent from school without permission) · cy chwarae triwant (to be absent from school without permission) · tl maglakwatsa (to be absent from school without permission) · cy sgeifio (to be absent from school without permission) · sl špricati (to be absent from school without permission) · sk chodiť poza školu (to be absent from school without permission) · uk прогулювати (to be absent from school without permission) · sv skolka (to be absent from school without permission) · pt cabular (to be absent from school without permission) · mi takē kura (to be absent from school without permission) · fr sécher (to be absent from school without permission) · cs chodit za školu (to be absent from school without permission) · ca fer campana (to be absent from school without permission) · pt matar aula (to be absent from school without permission) · fa غیبت کردن (to be absent from school without permission) · gl latar (to be absent from school without permission) · ca fer fugina (to be absent from school without permission) · it marinare (to be absent from school without permission) · ca fer pila (Lleida) (to be absent from school without permission) · cs být za školou (to be absent from school without permission) · cmn 曠課 /旷课 (to be absent from school without permission) · id bolos (to be absent from school without permission) · ru прогу́ливать (to be absent from school without permission) · de die Schule schwänzen (to be absent from school without permission) · pt faltar (to be absent from school without permission) · it segare (to be absent from school without permission)