TRUANT

truant

Noun

  1. One who is absent without permission, especially from school.

Verb

  1. To play truant.
    the number of schoolchildren known to have truanted
  2. To idle away; to waste.
  3. To idle away time.

Adjective

  1. Absent without permission, especially from school.
  2. Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.


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