truant

noun

One who is absent without permission, especially from school.

noun

One who shirks work or duty.

adjective

Absent without permission, especially from school.

adjective

Idle, lazy, or neglectful.

intransitive verb

To be truant.

To idle away time or shirk duty; play truant.

To waste or idle away.

noun

A vagabond; a vagrant; an idler.

Idle; loitering; given to shirking duty or business, or attendance at some appointed time or place: especially noting children who absent themselves from school without leave.

Characteristic of a truant; idle; loitering; wandering.