Mitching is the art of quietly dodging something you're supposed to be doing — most commonly skipping school without permission.
Mitching is the art of quietly dodging something you're supposed to be doing — most commonly skipping school without permission. Rooted in Irish and British regional dialect, it describes that sneaky act of playing truant, slipping away from class and hoping nobody notices. Beyond truancy, it can also mean skulking around or pretending to be worse off than you are. The word has a satisfyingly mischievous ring to it, and it's still alive in Irish English today, especially among younger speakers.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Half the class was mitching on the last Friday before summer break.
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(Ireland , UK, _, regional) Playing truant.
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(UK, _, dialectal) Pilfering; skulking.
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(UK, _, dialectal) A pretense of poverty.
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