hacer novillos — meaning in English

English meaning

• bunk noun A narrow bed, often one of a stacked pair, as found on a ship, in a cabin, or a dorm.
• skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
• skive verb To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

Senses

hacer novillos is used for these senses in English:

• bunk (British, India) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
• play truant (intransitive) To be absent from school without permission.
• skive (UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

bunk — full definition

1. noun A narrow bed, often one of a stacked pair, as found on a ship, in a cabin, or a dorm.
2. noun Nonsense; empty or foolish talk.
3. verb British informal: to skip school or work without permission.
4. adj Broken or not functioning properly.

skip — full definition

1. verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
2. verb To leave out or not do something you would normally do.
3. verb To not attend something, especially a class or meeting.
4. verb To leave suddenly, often to avoid trouble.
5. noun (UK) A large open container for waste and rubble, often left outside a building site.

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