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[ fluhngk ] / flʌŋk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flunk ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to fail in a course or examination. verb (used with object)to fail to get a passing mark in: to flunk math. to give a failing grade to; remove (a student) as unqualified from a school or course. nouna failure, as in a course or examination. Verb Phrasesflunk out, to fail and be unable to continue in: He flunked out of flight school. Origin of flunk1815–25, Americanism; perhaps akin to flinch1, funk1 OTHER WORDS FROM flunkun·flunked, adjectiveWords nearby flunkflummox, flump, flung, flunisolide, flunitrazepam, flunk, flunkey, flunkout, flunky, fluoborate, fluoboric Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flunkDid President Obama flunk Con Law at his news conference Monday? Obama’s Comments Remind Us How Meaningless ‘Judicial Activism’ Is|Jesse Singal|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST If Grutter is given more teeth, many affirmative-action programs around the country could flunk constitutional scrutiny. Will the Supreme Court End Affirmative Action?|Dan Slater|February 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Of all the men chosen, Parkins, the brightest of the lot, had been the one man to flunk. Dreamy Hollow|Sumner Charles Britton "But you can live, even if you should flunk math," Patty continued reassuringly. When Patty Went to College|Jean Webster
We can flunk Latin and math; but if we flunk any more we're gone. When Patty Went to College|Jean Webster “To flunk out” is a vulgar expression for to retire through fear; the most that can be tolerated is, to sneak out. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected|Anonymous And if I flunk, I have to work in the garden all summer without a single fishing trip. Rosemary|Josephine Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for flunk/ (flʌŋk) informal, mainly US, Canadian and NZ /
verbto fail or cause to fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, course, etc) (intr foll by out) to be dismissed from a school or college through failure in examinations nouna low grade below the pass standard Word Origin for flunkC19: perhaps from flinch 1 + funk 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flunkdrop out, miss |