truant
Also used with the impersonal pronoun it: to shirk or wander from business or dutyAlso used with the impersonal pronoun it (dated): to shirk or wander from business or duty; (specifically) of a student: to be absent from school without permission; to play truant.
» Fritz admits he often plays truant.
Fritz gibt zu, dass er oft die Schule schwänzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Фріц визнає, що він часто прогулює школу. — ascolto
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2 senses(intransitive)Also used with the impersonal pronoun it (dated): to shirk or wander from business or duty; (specifically) of a student: to be absent from school without permission; to play truant.
The number of schoolchildren known to have truanted from this school has been unusually high.
(obsolete, transitive)To idle away or waste (time).
Examples
19 sentencesFritz admits he often plays truant.
Фріц визнає, що він часто прогулює школу. — ascolto
deFritz gibt zu, dass er oft die Schule schwänzt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Every school pupil has played truant at some time or another.
Кожен школяр хоча б раз у житті прогулював уроки. — deniko
deJeder Schüler hat irgendwann mal die Schule geschwänzt. — al_ex_an_der
I often played truant.
Я часто прогулював школу. — deniko
ruЯ часто прогуливал школу. — marafon
Did Tom use to play truant?
ruТом прогуливал уроки? — Wezel
dePflegte Tom die Schule zu schwänzen? — Espi
Quite a few students played truant from school.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English truaunten (“to obtain alms fraudulently; to behave like a roInherited from Middle English truaunten (“to obtain alms fraudulently; to behave like a rogue or scoundrel; to neglect a duty; to be idle or lazy”), and then partly:
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Forms
truants, truanting, truanted, truantedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle