skipping school
Ditching the day
Skipping school is being absent from school without permission—cutting class.
The phrase suggests deliberate choice rather than illness or emergency: We skipped school and went to the beach.
Students skip school; adults skip work.
The activity carries mild rebellious connotations, from innocent hooky to chronic truancy.
- peer influenceEffect of equals' opinions
- disciplinary actionFormal response to violations
- counseling servicesProfessional emotional support sessions
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
avoidance · thrill-seeking · bad influence · hooky · procrastination · parental involvement · anxiety · social isolation · independence · boredom · peer pressure · cutting class · defiance · truancy · youth subcultures · skate park · stigma · normalization
- teen behavioreye rolling, back talk, backtalk, door slamming, moodiness
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- school mischiefspitballs, note passing, passing notes, cheating, copying
- truancytruancy, skipping class, cutting class, playing hooky, hooky
- status offensestruancy, curfew violation, underage drinking, incorrigibility, breaking curfew
- acting outtantrums, tantrum, meltdowns, pouting, whining
skipping schoolperfect attendance
Never missing a day
excused absence · school attendance · checking in · medical leave
skipping schoolhitting the books
Studying intensively
studiousness · straight-A student · teacher's pet · overachiever · bookworm
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