cutting class
Ditching a lecture
Cutting class is skipping school or missing a class without permission.
The phrase suggests deliberate absence rather than illness or emergency—students cut class to avoid a test, hang out with friends, or simply because they don't feel like going: We cut class and went to the mall.
Also appears as cutting school.
Rhythmic hopping locomotion
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
- AWOLAbsent without permission
absenteeism · nonattendance · unexcused · sneaking out · slipping away · evasion · shirking · ghosting
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- sneakingMoving to avoid detection
mischief · thrill-seeking · impulsiveness · recklessness · immaturity · youth · high school · coming-of-age
Educational instruction space
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- detentionTemporary official holding
- principalChief school administrator
hallway · bell · schedule · lecture · assignment · grades · roll call · tardy
Absence of constraint
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- carefreeFree from anxiety
- leisureFree time for relaxation
hanging out · mall · arcade · beach · park · joyriding · wandering · goofing off
Open resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- rule-breakingDisregarding established standards
misbehavior · acting out · troublemaking · delinquency · dissent · resistance · subversion · flouting
skipping
Rhythmic hopping locomotion
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
AWOL · absenteeism · nonattendance · unexcused · sneaking out · slipping away · evasion · shirking · ghosting · bailout
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- rebellionDefiance of established power
sneaking · mischief · thrill-seeking · impulsiveness · recklessness · immaturity · youth · high school · coming-of-age · growing pains
classroom
Educational instruction space
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- detentionTemporary official holding
principal · hallway · bell · schedule · lecture · assignment · grades · roll call · tardy · suspension
freedom
Absence of constraint
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- carefreeFree from anxiety
leisure · hanging out · mall · arcade · beach · park · joyriding · wandering · goofing off · killing time
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
rule-breaking · misbehavior · acting out · troublemaking · delinquency · dissent · resistance · subversion · flouting · disregard
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- truancytruancy, skipping school, playing hooky, hooky, ditching
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- misconductmisconduct, bullying, stealing, vandalism, cheating
- school disciplinesuspension, expulsion, detention, corporal punishment, paddling