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   Flunk

   /fləNGk/

   

   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"
   • ▪ judge (a student or examination candidate) to have failed to reach the required standard: informal North American "the teacher flunked thirteen third-graders"
   • ▪ (of a student) leave or be dismissed from school or college as a result of failing to reach the required standard: informal North American "he had flunked out of college"

   Word Origin early 19th century (in the general sense ‘back down, fail utterly’; originally US): perhaps related to funk2 or to US flink ‘be a coward’, perhaps a variant of flinch.

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   The meaning of FLUNK is to fail especially in an examination or course. How to use flunk in a sentence.

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   What does flunk mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of FLUNK is to fail especially in an examination or course. How to use flunk in a sentence.

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   What does flunk out mean?

   • 1. to fail in a course or examination. 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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   What does it mean to flunk a test?

   • 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. Originally, flunk could mean “to fail” or “to give up.”

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   What does if I flunk a class mean?

   • Verb If I flunk this class, I have to take it over again. If I flunk, I have to take this class over again. The teacher had to flunk two students. By any metric, Maryland’s 2022 Juvenile Justice Reform Act has flunked.

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   FLUNK definition: 1. to fail an exam or course of study: 2. to fail an exam or or class in a school or college: 3…. Learn more.

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   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.

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   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.

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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 flinch 1 + funk 1]

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   1. to fail in (schoolwork) to flunk a science examination. 2. to give a mark of failure to (a student) verb intransitive Informal. 3. to fail, esp. in schoolwork.