(1):
(a.) Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
(2):
(v. i.) To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
(3):
(v. t.) To idle away; to waste.
(4):
(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.