flunkn.

Brit.

/flʌŋk/, U.S.

/fləŋk/

Etymology: < flunk v.

U.S.

1. A backing out, a total failure, esp. in a college examination.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > failure of candidate

deplumation1834

fizzle1846

flunk1846

pluck1852

fail1944

1846 Yale Banger 10 Nov. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words This O..Tutor H—— said meant a perfect flunk.

1853 Songs of Yale In moody meditation sunk, Reflecting on my future flunk.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 6 Jan. 5 A sprinter and football player has received a flunk in one study and a condition in another.

1948 Time 16 Feb. 94/3 This time there were twice as many flunks.

2. (See quot. 1893.)

ΚΠ

1893 J. S. Farmer Slang Flunk, an idler, a loafer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flunkv.

Brit.

/flʌŋk/, U.S.

/fləŋk/

Etymology: Compare flink v., funk v.³

U.S.

a. intransitive. To give up, back out, fail utterly. Also to flunk out. Also quasi-transitive. To shirk (a recitation) ( Standard Dict.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons

miscarry1602

to come off bluely1654

to buy the rabbit1807

flunk1823

to go wrong1827

slip1890

to fall (also go) by the wayside1898

crack1918

to go down the tube(s)1963

1823 Crayon (Yale Coll.) We must have at least as many subscribers as there are students in college or flunk out.

a1830 Col. Hay in W. M. Rossetti Humorous Poems (1872) 474 He never flunked and he never lied.

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 46 Why, little 'un, you must be cracked, if you flunk out before we begin.

1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 414 They were, of course, exposed to the fire of the red-coats..but they didn't flunk a bit.

1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling (1898) 355 What will people say of me on November fourth, if my regiment flunks on September thirtieth?

1901 Munsey's Mag. June 408/2 It looks pretty middling tough, and it won't do to try it and flunk.

1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxi. 294 I don't mean that he's flunking, for he's no coward.

1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/1 Sinatra himself said: ‘I've flunked out with women more often than not. Like most men, I don't understand them.’

b. College slang. To fail utterly in an examination. Also transitive, to fail (an examination, etc.); to flunk out: to be dismissed from a school or university for failing examinations.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > fail examination

fizzle1847

flunk1848

to ball up1856

spin1869

muff1884

1848 Yale Lit. Mag. 13 322 Flunking so gloomily.

18.. Amherst Indicator I. 253 A man who has flunked..is not in a state to appreciate joking.

1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 166 He never attracted attention by his scholarship, but yet he drifted along somehow without flunking.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 37 He'll fail his exams, tutor all summer..and flunk out in the middle of the freshman year.

1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vi. 99 He tutored for Princeton and flunked in freshman year.

1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xviii. 202 I don't..chase around with filthy bags or flunk my courses.

1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xvi. 342 He was working hard to take a calculus examination that he had flunked..two years ago.

1951 Reader's Digest May 12/1 He flunked out of various high schools, not because he was too stupid.

1968 Listener 27 June 841/1 The scene is..Columbia University, where a number of young Second World War vets and/or non-combatants are making gestures at working for degrees or just hanging around after flunking out.

1970 Times 12 Aug. 5/7 I was utterly, deeply, completely depressed and flunked my A levels.

2. transitive. To cause to ‘flunk’; to pluck.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > fail a candidate

to turn by1653

pluck1713

flunk1843

plough1854

spin1860

fail1884

pill1908

pip1908

zap1961

1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 9 61 That day poor Fullman was flunked, and was never again reinstated in the good graces of our officer.

1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 231 That was all very well for him, who..never got ‘flunked’.

1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 40 He..finally flunked him in his finals.

1910 N.Y. Evening Post 29 Nov. 8 Examining boards may ‘flunk’ an officer in his first examination.

1966 Word Study Feb. 2/2 For if English teachers had always based their grades in English on the moral probity of their students' private lives, they would have had to flunk such naughty boys as Christopher Marlowe, James Boswell, Dylan Thomas, and Baltimore's own Edgar Allan Poe.

Derivatives

ˈflunking adj.

ΚΠ

1848 Yale Gallinipper Nov. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words See what a spot a flunking Soph'more made!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flunk
释义	flunkn. Brit. /flʌŋk/, U.S. /fləŋk/ Etymology: < flunk v. U.S. 1. A backing out, a total failure, esp. in a college examination. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > failure of candidate deplumation1834 fizzle1846 flunk1846 pluck1852 fail1944 1846 Yale Banger 10 Nov. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words This O..Tutor H—— said meant a perfect flunk. 1853 Songs of Yale In moody meditation sunk, Reflecting on my future flunk. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 6 Jan. 5 A sprinter and football player has received a flunk in one study and a condition in another. 1948 Time 16 Feb. 94/3 This time there were twice as many flunks. 2. (See quot. 1893.) ΚΠ 1893 J. S. Farmer Slang Flunk, an idler, a loafer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flunkv. Brit. /flʌŋk/, U.S. /fləŋk/ Etymology: Compare flink v., funk v.³ U.S. 1. a. intransitive. To give up, back out, fail utterly. Also to flunk out. Also quasi-transitive. To shirk (a recitation) ( Standard Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons miscarry1602 to come off bluely1654 to buy the rabbit1807 flunk1823 to go wrong1827 slip1890 to fall (also go) by the wayside1898 crack1918 to go down the tube(s)1963 1823 Crayon (Yale Coll.) We must have at least as many subscribers as there are students in college or flunk out. a1830 Col. Hay in W. M. Rossetti Humorous Poems (1872) 474 He never flunked and he never lied. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 46 Why, little 'un, you must be cracked, if you flunk out before we begin. 1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 414 They were, of course, exposed to the fire of the red-coats..but they didn't flunk a bit. 1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling (1898) 355 What will people say of me on November fourth, if my regiment flunks on September thirtieth? 1901 Munsey's Mag. June 408/2 It looks pretty middling tough, and it won't do to try it and flunk. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxi. 294 I don't mean that he's flunking, for he's no coward. 1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/1 Sinatra himself said: ‘I've flunked out with women more often than not. Like most men, I don't understand them.’ b. College slang. To fail utterly in an examination. Also transitive, to fail (an examination, etc.); to flunk out: to be dismissed from a school or university for failing examinations. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > fail examination fizzle1847 flunk1848 to ball up1856 spin1869 muff1884 1848 Yale Lit. Mag. 13 322 Flunking so gloomily. 18.. Amherst Indicator I. 253 A man who has flunked..is not in a state to appreciate joking. 1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 166 He never attracted attention by his scholarship, but yet he drifted along somehow without flunking. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 37 He'll fail his exams, tutor all summer..and flunk out in the middle of the freshman year. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vi. 99 He tutored for Princeton and flunked in freshman year. 1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xviii. 202 I don't..chase around with filthy bags or flunk my courses. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xvi. 342 He was working hard to take a calculus examination that he had flunked..two years ago. 1951 Reader's Digest May 12/1 He flunked out of various high schools, not because he was too stupid. 1968 Listener 27 June 841/1 The scene is..Columbia University, where a number of young Second World War vets and/or non-combatants are making gestures at working for degrees or just hanging around after flunking out. 1970 Times 12 Aug. 5/7 I was utterly, deeply, completely depressed and flunked my A levels. 2. transitive. To cause to ‘flunk’; to pluck. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > fail a candidate to turn by1653 pluck1713 flunk1843 plough1854 spin1860 fail1884 pill1908 pip1908 zap1961 1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 9 61 That day poor Fullman was flunked, and was never again reinstated in the good graces of our officer. 1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 231 That was all very well for him, who..never got ‘flunked’. 1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 40 He..finally flunked him in his finals. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 29 Nov. 8 Examining boards may ‘flunk’ an officer in his first examination. 1966 Word Study Feb. 2/2 For if English teachers had always based their grades in English on the moral probity of their students' private lives, they would have had to flunk such naughty boys as Christopher Marlowe, James Boswell, Dylan Thomas, and Baltimore's own Edgar Allan Poe. Derivatives ˈflunking adj. ΚΠ 1848 Yale Gallinipper Nov. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words See what a spot a flunking Soph'more made! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846v.1823
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