Flunk

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  • intransitive verb. To fail, especially in a course or an examination.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fail (an examination or course).
  • intransitive verb. To give a failing grade to (a student).
  • intransitive verb. To fail (a drug test, as for a performance enhancing substance).
  • noun. A failure.
  • noun. A failing grade.
  • phrasal verb. To expel or be expelled from a school or course because of work that does not meet required standards.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A failure or back-down; in colleges, a complete failure in a recitation or an examination.
  • To fail or give up; break down or back down, as from incompetence or fear: often with out: as, to flunk in a school recitation or examination; to flunk out from a contest.
  • To cause to fail, as in a recitation or an examination.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A failure or backing out.
  • transitive verb. To fail in; to fail to pass (a test, examination, or course of study).
  • transitive verb. To shirk, as a task or duty.
  • intransitive verb. To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • verb. Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. fail to get a passing grade
  • noun. failure to reach a minimum required performance
  • Word Usage
    "And so we, lowly flunk from the salt mines, introduced our boss's boss (and others) to Mr Sinha."
    cross-reference
    flunk out  
    Form
    flunked  flunking  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    failure  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Funk  Monk  blunk  bunk  chunk  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    flunked  flunking  flunks