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verb
- 1. fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study): informal North American "I flunked biology in the tenth grade"
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Meaning of flunk in English. flunk. verb [ T ] mainly US informal uk / flʌŋk / us / flʌŋk / Add to word list. to fail an exam or course of study: I flunked my Biology exam. Synonyms. bomb. fail. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Exams, tests & exercises. achievement test. Advanced Placement. AP. assessment. can do phrase. dictation. exam
: to fail especially in an examination or course. transitive verb. 1. : to give a failing grade to. 2. : to get a failing grade or result in. flunker noun. 2 of 2. noun. : an act or instance of flunking. Synonyms. Verb. bomb. collapse. crater. fail. flame out. flop. fold. founder. miss. strike out. tank.
noun. a failure, as in a course or examination. verb phrase. to fail and be unable to continue in: He flunked out of flight school. flunk. / flʌŋk / verb. to fail or cause to fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, course, etc) intrfoll byout to be dismissed from a school or college through failure in examinations.
vb. 1. (Education) to fail or cause to fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, course, etc) 2. (foll by: out) to be dismissed from a school or college through failure in examinations. n. (Education) a low grade below the pass standard. [C19: perhaps from flinch 1 + funk 1]
To flunk is to do poorly on a test or in a class. One way to avoid flunking is to start studying several nights before a test. People have been flunking things ever since there were schools. However, we’ve only been calling it flunking since the 1800s.
[transitive] flunk somebody to make somebody fail an exam, a test, or a course by giving them a low mark. She's flunked 13 of the 18 students. Topics Difficulty and failure c2, Education c2. Word Origin. Phrasal Verbs. flunk out. See flunk in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: flunk.
present simple: I flunk, you flunk [...] past simple: I flunked, you flunked [...] past participle: flunked. More. Synonyms of 'flunk' • fail, screw up (informal), flop in (informal) [...] • be unsuccessful, fail, miss [...] • failure, fail, nonsuccess [...] More. Examples of 'flunk' in a sentence.
