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To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK);
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic
Examples
- Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
play truant from work or school
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The boy often plays hooky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bunk off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cut, skip
See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
fer campana
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Catalan:
fer pila (Lleida)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Catalan:
fer fugina
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Chinese Mandarin:
逃學 /逃学
(táoxué)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Chinese Mandarin:
曠課 /旷课
(kuàngkè)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Chinese Mandarin:
逃課 /逃课
(táokè)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Czech:
chodit za školu
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Danish:
pjække
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Danish:
skulke
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Dutch:
spijbelen
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Finnish:
lintsata
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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French:
faire l'école buissonnière
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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French:
faire le mur
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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German:
schwänzen
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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German:
blaumachen
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Greek:
κάνω κοπάνα
(káno kopána)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Hebrew:
הִתְפַּרְפֵּר
(hitparpér)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Icelandic:
skrópa
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Indonesian:
membolos
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Italian:
bigiare
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Italian:
marinare la scuola
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Korean:
땡땡이치다
(ttaengttaeng'ichida)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Norwegian:
skulke
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Persian:
جیم زدن
(jim zadan)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Polish:
wagarować
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Portuguese:
matar aula
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Portuguese:
cabular aula
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Portuguese:
cabular
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Portuguese:
gazetear
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Portuguese:
gazear
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Romanian:
chiuli
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Romanian:
trage chiulul
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Russian:
прогу́ливать
(progúlivatʹ)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Russian:
прогуля́ть
(proguljátʹ)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Swedish:
skolka
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Thai:
โดด
(dòot)
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Turkish:
asmak
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Turkish:
kaçmak
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Turkish:
kaytarmak
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
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Turkish:
kırmak
— to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse
