play truant

verb

To be absent from school without permission.

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Meanings

verbplay truant (third-person singular simple present plays truant, present participle playing truant, simple past and past participle played truant)

present singular third person plays truant · participle present playing truant · participle past played truant · past played truant

  1. intransitiveTo 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

    Synonyms: beak, bob, bug out, bump off, bunk, bunk off, cut class, dip

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo be absent from school without permission.

Similar
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Also see
cut classgo on the mitchhop the twighop the wagplay hookyskip schoolskive

Translations

Afrikaans stokkiesdraai
  • stokkiesdraaito be absent from school without permission
Arabic تَسَرَّبَ
  • تَسَرَّبَ (tasarraba)to be absent from school without permission
Catalan fer campana, fer pila (Lleida)
  • fer campanato be absent from school without permission
  • fer pila (Lleida)to be absent from school without permission
  • fer fuginato be absent from school without permission
Chinese Mandarin 逃學 /逃学, 曠課 /旷课
  • 逃學 /逃学 (táoxué)to be absent from school without permission
  • 曠課 /旷课 (kuàngkè)to be absent from school without permission
  • 逃課 /逃课 (táokè)to be absent from school without permission
  • 翹課 /翘课 (qiàokè)to be absent from school without permission
Czech být za školou, chodit za školu
  • být za školouto be absent from school without permission
  • chodit za školuto be absent from school without permission
Danish skulke, pjække
  • skulketo be absent from school without permission
  • pjækketo be absent from school without permission
Dutch spijbelen
  • spijbelento be absent from school without permission
Finnish lintsata
  • lintsatato be absent from school without permission
French faire l'école buissonnière, sécher
  • faire l'école buissonnièreto be absent from school without permission
  • sécherto be absent from school without permission
German die Schule schwänzen
  • die Schule schwänzento be absent from school without permission
Greek κάνω κοπάνα
  • κάνω κοπάνα (káno kopána)to be absent from school without permission
Hebrew הבריז
  • הבריז (hivriz)to be absent from school without permission
Hungarian lóg
  • lógto be absent from school without permission
Indonesian bolos, tuang
  • bolosto be absent from school without permission
  • tuangto be absent from school without permission
Italian bigiare, marinare
  • bigiareto be absent from school without permission
  • marinareto be absent from school without permission
  • segareto be absent from school without permission
Japanese 学校をサボる
  • 学校をサボる (gakkō o saboru)to be absent from school without permission
Korean 결석(缺席)하다
  • 결석(缺席)하다 (gyeolseokhada)to be absent from school without permission
Māori takē kura
  • takē kurato be absent from school without permission
Persian غیبت کردن
  • غیبت کردن (ġeybat kardan)to be absent from school without permission
Polish wagarować
  • wagarowaćto be absent from school without permission
Portuguese matar aula, cabular
  • matar aulato be absent from school without permission
  • cabularto be absent from school without permission
  • faltarto be absent from school without permission
Romanian chiuli, trage chiulul
  • chiulito be absent from school without permission
  • trage chiululto be absent from school without permission
Russian прогу́ливать, прогуля́ть
  • прогу́ливать (progúlivatʹ)to be absent from school without permission
  • прогуля́ть (proguljátʹ)to be absent from school without permission
Slovak chodiť poza školu
  • chodiť poza školuto be absent from school without permission
Swedish skolka
  • skolkato be absent from school without permission
Tagalog magbulakbol, maglakwatsa
  • magbulakbolto be absent from school without permission
  • maglakwatsato be absent from school without permission
Ukrainian сачкувати, прогулювати
  • сачкувати (sačkuvaty)to be absent from school without permission
  • прогулювати (prohuljuvaty)to be absent from school without permission
Vietnamese trốn học, sủi
  • trốn họcto be absent from school without permission
  • sủito be absent from school without permission
Welsh chwarae triwant, mitsio
  • chwarae triwantto be absent from school without permission
  • mitsioto be absent from school without permission
  • sgeifioto be absent from school without permission
Cite this entry
APA

play truant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20truant

MLA

“play truant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20truant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “play truant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20truant.

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