| truancy | (n) failure to attend (especially school), Syn. hooky |
| truant | (n) one who is absent from school without permission, Syn. hooky player |
| truant | (adj) absent without permission, Syn. awol, Example: truant schoolboys; the soldier was AWOL for almost a week |
| truck | (n) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling, Syn. motortruck |
| truck | (v) convey (goods etc.) by truck, Example: truck fresh vegetables across the mountains |
| truckage | (n) a fee charged for transporting goods by truckage |
| truck bed | (n) the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer |
| truck dealer | (n) a firm that sells and buys trucks |
| truck farm | (n) a farm where vegetables are grown for market, Syn. truck garden |
| truck farming | (n) growing vegetables for the market |
| Truage | n. [ Cf. OF. truage a tax. See True. ] |
| Truancy | n. The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; |
| Truand | n. & a. See Truant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truant | n. [ F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched. ] One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Truant | v. t. To idle away; to waste. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I dare not be the author |
| Truant | a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; While truant Jove, in infant pride, |
| Truant | v. i. [ Cf. F. truander. ] To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truantly | adv. Like a truant; in idleness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truantship | n. The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Trub | n. [ Cf. Truffle. ] A truffle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |