flunk
See also: Flunk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flʌŋk/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋk
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
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to deny a passing grade
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See also
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