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Webster 1913 Edition
Flunk
Flunk
(flŭṉk)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flunked
(flŭṉkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flunking
.] [Cf.
Funk
.] To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
2.
To shirk, as a task or duty.
Flunk
,Noun.
A failure or backing out
; specifically (College cant
), a total failure in a recitation.
[U.S.]
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English
Verb
flunk (third-person singular simple present flunks, present participle flunking, simple past and past participle flunked)
- (US, transitive, intransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
- He flunked math, again.
- (US, transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
- Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.
- (US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
- To back out through fear.
Translations
to fail
|
to deny a passing grade