skipping class
Cutting a lecture
Skipping class is deliberately missing school or a scheduled lesson without permission or legitimate excuse.
The phrase implies the absence is voluntary and often casual—students skip class to hang out, sleep in, or avoid a test.
We skipped class and went to the beach.
Also called cutting class or playing hooky.
- truantUnauthorized school no-show
- playing hookySkipping school secretly
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- hookyUnauthorized school absence
- absentNot in attendance
cutting · sneaking · hallway · study hall · getting caught · arcade · mall · video arcade · bored · rebellious · delinquent · detention · suspension · principal · excuses · forged · note · friends
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- peer pressureconformity, fitting in, popularity, dares, drinking
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- school mischiefspitballs, note passing, passing notes, cheating, copying
- school rulesschool rules, dress code, code of conduct, bullying, cheating
- truancytruancy, skipping school, cutting school, playing hooky, hooky
academic diligence and attitude
skipping classconscientiousness
Careful attention to duty
studiousness · hitting the books · buckling down · overachieving · grinding
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