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Flunk

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Noun

1. failing, flunk

failure to reach a minimum required performance

Example Sentences:
'his failing the course led to his disqualification'
'he got two flunks on his report'

Verb

2. bomb, fail, flunk, flush it

fail to get a passing grade

Example Sentences:
'She studied hard but failed nevertheless'
'Did I fail the test?'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Flunk

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verb
1. 
to fail or cause to fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, course, etc)
2. (intransitive; foll by out)
to be dismissed from a school or college through failure in examinations
noun
3. 
a low grade below the pass standard

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Flunk

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verb transitive Informal
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
4. 
to give up; retreat
noun Informal, Obsolete
5. 
a failure
6. 
a mark or grade of failure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Flunk

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v. 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.
1. A failure.
2. A failing grade.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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