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flunk
(flŭngk) Informalv. flunked, flunk·ing, flunks
v.intr.
To fail, especially in a course or an examination.
v.tr.
1.
a. To fail (an examination or course).
b. To give a failing grade to (a student).
2. To fail (a drug test, as for a performance enhancing substance).
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. A failure.
2. A failing grade.
flunk out
To expel or be expelled from a school or course because of work that does not meet required standards.
[Origin unknown.]
flunk′er n.
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flunk
(flʌŋk)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 flinch1 + funk1]
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flunk
(flʌŋk)v.i.
1. to fail in a course or examination.
v.t. 2. to get a failing mark in.
3. to give a failing grade to.
4. flunk out, to dismiss or be dismissed from a school because of failing grades: to flunk out of college.
n. 5. a failure, as in a course or examination.
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flunk
Past participle: flunked
Gerund: flunking
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flunk
To be unsuccessful in an examination or course of study, or to assess a student as being unsuccessful.
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| Noun | 1. | flunk - failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report" failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" |
| Verb | 1. |  flunk - fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"fail - fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust" fail - judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students" |
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flunk
(Informal)verb fail, screw up (informal), flop in (informal), plough (Brit. slang), be unsuccessful in, not make the grade at (informal), not come up to scratch in (informal), not come up to the mark in (informal) He flunked his final exams.
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flunk
verbInformal. To receive less than a passing grade:
fail.
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Translations
يَسْقُط في إمْتِحان
rupnout
dumpe
falla
susikirsti per egzaminą
izkrist eksāmenā
flunk
[flʌŋk] (esp US)A. VT [+ student, course, exam] → suspender, catear (Sp) , reprobar (LAm)
I flunked Maths → suspendí las matemáticas
I flunked Maths → suspendí las matemáticas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
flunk
[ˈflʌŋk] vt (mainly US) (= fail) [+ exam, course] → être recalé(e) à; [+ course] → être recalé(e) enHe flunked a history exam → Il a été recalé à un examen d'histoire.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flunk
(inf)vt test → verhauen (inf); candidate → durchfallen or durchrasseln lassen (inf); to flunk German/an exam → in Deutsch/bei einer Prüfung durchfallen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flunk
(flaŋk) verb a slang word for to fail in an examination. I flunked (maths).
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