- (a.) Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
- (v.i.) To idle away time; to loiter or wander; to play the truant.
- (v.t.) To idle away; to waste.
- (n.) One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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