Flunk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To fail, especially in a course or an examination.
  • v. To fail (an examination or course).
  • v. To give a failing grade to.
  • n. The act or an instance of flunking.
  • n. A failing grade.
  • phrasal-verb. flunk out To expel or be expelled from a school or course because of work that does not meet required standards.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • v. Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
  • v. To fail in; to fail to pass (a test, examination, or course of study).
  • v. To shirk, as a task or duty.
  • n. A failure or backing out.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. A failure or back-down; in colleges, a complete failure in a recitation or an examination.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. fail to get a passing grade
  • n. failure to reach a minimum required performance
  • Verb Form
    flunked    flunking    flunks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    failure   
    Cross Reference
    flunk out   
    Form
    flunked    flunking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fail    failure   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Funk    Monk    blunk    bunk    chunk    clunk    crunk    debunk    drunk    dunk