truant

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈtrʊənt/ or /ˈtruː.ənt/

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Noun

Singular truant

Plural truants

1. (countable) A truant is a person who is absent without permission, especially from school.

Adjective

Positive truant

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If you play truant, you are absent without permission, especially from school.

   He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendance to meet the requirement.

Verb

Plain form truant

Third-person singular truants

Past tense truanted

Past participle truanted

Present participle truanting

1. (transitive) If you truant, you idle away and waste time.