truant

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To play truant. / (transitive) To idle away; to waste. / To idle away time.

Japanese Meaning

（学校等）無断で欠席する、サボる / （時間などを）浪費する、無駄に過ごす

Every spring some teenagers truant to spend the day at the seaside.

春になると、何人かの十代の若者が一日を海辺で過ごすために学校をサボる。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To play truant.

the number of schoolchildren known to have truanted

Sense（2）

(transitive) To idle away; to waste.

I dare not be the author / Of truanting the time.

Sense（3）

To idle away time.

Tis double wrong , to truant with your bed

truants

（ present singular third-person ）

truanting

（ participle present ）

truanted

（ participle past ）

truanted

（ past ）