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flunk

(flŭngk) Informal

v. flunked, flunk·ing, flunks

v.intr.

To fail, especially in a course or an examination.

v.tr.

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).

1. A failure.

2. 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.

[Origin unknown.]

flunk′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

flunk

(flʌŋk)

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

(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.

5. a failure, as in a course or examination.

[1815–25, perhaps akin to flinch, funk¹]

flunk

Past participle: flunked
Gerund: flunking

Imperative
flunk
flunk

Present
I flunk
you flunk
he/she/it flunks
we flunk
you flunk
they flunk

Preterite
I flunked
you flunked
he/she/it flunked
we flunked
you flunked
they flunked

Present Continuous
I am flunking
you are flunking
he/she/it is flunking
we are flunking
you are flunking
they are flunking

Present Perfect
I have flunked
you have flunked
he/she/it has flunked
we have flunked
you have flunked
they have flunked

Past Continuous
I was flunking
you were flunking
he/she/it was flunking
we were flunking
you were flunking
they were flunking

Past Perfect
I had flunked
you had flunked
he/she/it had flunked
we had flunked
you had flunked
they had flunked

Future
I will flunk
you will flunk
he/she/it will flunk
we will flunk
you will flunk
they will flunk

Future Perfect
I will have flunked
you will have flunked
he/she/it will have flunked
we will have flunked
you will have flunked
they will have flunked

Future Continuous
I will be flunking
you will be flunking
he/she/it will be flunking
we will be flunking
you will be flunking
they will be flunking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flunking
you have been flunking
he/she/it has been flunking
we have been flunking
you have been flunking
they have been flunking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flunking
you will have been flunking
he/she/it will have been flunking
we will have been flunking
you will have been flunking
they will have been flunking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flunking
you had been flunking
he/she/it had been flunking
we had been flunking
you had been flunking
they had been flunking

Conditional
I would flunk
you would flunk
he/she/it would flunk
we would flunk
you would flunk
they would flunk

Past Conditional
I would have flunked
you would have flunked
he/she/it would have flunked
we would have flunked
you would have flunked
they would have flunked

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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" failing 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?" flush it, bomb, fail 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"

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

verb

Informal. To receive less than a passing grade:

fail.

Translations

يَسْقُط في إمْتِحان

rupnout

dumpe

durchfallen

rater

falla

essere respinto respingere

susikirsti per egzaminą

izkrist eksāmenā

çakmak kalmak

考试不及格

flunk

[flʌŋk] (esp US)

A. VT [+ student, course, exam] → suspender, catear (Sp) , reprobar (LAm)
I flunked Maths → suspendí las matemáticas

B. VI → suspender, catear (Sp)
I flunked → suspendí, cateé (Sp) , me reprobaron (LAm)

flunk out VI + ADV (US) → salirse del colegio sin recibir un título

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) en
He flunked a history exam → Il a été recalé à un examen d'histoire.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flunk

(inf)

vi → durchfallen (inf), → durchrasseln (inf), → durch die Prüfung fliegen (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

flunk

[flʌŋk] vt (esp Am) (fam) (course, exam) → essere bocciato/a or respinto/a in or a

flunk

(flaŋk) verb

a slang word for to fail in an examination. I flunked (maths).

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