"flunk" meaning in English

See flunk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /flʌŋk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flunk.wav Forms: flunks [present, singular, third-person], flunking [participle, present], flunked [participle, past], flunked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: Alteration of funk, or perhaps a blend of flinch + funk. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|flinch|funk#Etymology_3|alt2=funk|nocap=1}} blend of flinch + funk Head templates: {{en-verb}} flunk (third-person singular simple present flunks, present participle flunking, simple past and past participle flunked)
  1. (US, transitive, intransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass. Tags: US, intransitive, transitive Translations (to fail): kəsilmək (Azerbaijani), пропадам (propadam) (Bulgarian), 掛科 (Chinese Mandarin), 挂科 (guàkē) (Chinese Mandarin), propadnout [perfective] (Czech), vyletět [perfective] (Czech), rupnout [perfective] (Czech), (voor) buizen (Dutch), zakken (Dutch), reputtaa (Finnish), saada reput (Finnish), pompata (Finnish), louper (French), durchfallen (German), bocciare (Italian), trombare (Italian), farsi bocciare (english: in) (Italian), non passare (Italian), 失敗する (shippai surú) (alt: しっぱいする) (Japanese), 낙제(落第)하다 (nakjehada) (Korean), oblać (Polish), reprovar (Portuguese), pica (Romanian), провали́ться (provalítʹsja) [intransitive, perfective] (Russian), завали́ть (zavalítʹ) (english: transitive: math) [perfective, usually] (Russian), aplazar [South-America] (Spanish), reprobar [Central-America, Mexico, especially] (Spanish), suspender [Spain] (Spanish), catear [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish), raspar [Venezuela] (Spanish), sacar nota roja [Costa-Rica] (Spanish), tronar [Mexico] (Spanish), perder [Colombia] (Spanish), rajar [Chile, Colombia] (Spanish), jalar [Peru] (Spanish), kugga (Swedish), köra (Swedish), hỏng (Vietnamese), thi trượt (english: to fail an examination) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-flunk-en-verb-jkCrhi~G Categories (other): American English, English blends, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English blends: 26 28 27 19 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 34 16 30 Disambiguation of 'to fail': 86 4 5 5
  2. (US, transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. Tags: US, transitive Translations (to deny a passing grade): скъсвам (skǎsvam) (Bulgarian), nechat propadnout (Czech), durchfallen lassen (German), segare (Italian), cannare (Italian), bocciare (Italian), oblać (Polish), reprovar (Portuguese), вали́ть (valítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), провали́ть (provalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), завали́ть (zavalítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), aplazar [South-America] (Spanish), reprobar (english: specially Central America) [Mexico] (Spanish), suspender [Spain] (Spanish), bochar [Argentina, colloquial] (Spanish), catear [Spain] (Spanish), raspar [Venezuela] (Spanish), poner nota roja [Costa-Rica] (Spanish), tronar [Mexico] (Spanish), jalarse [Ecuador] (Spanish), đánh hỏng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-flunk-en-verb-2JRVwhNZ Categories (other): American English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English blends: 26 28 27 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 45 12 24 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 34 16 30 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 22 32 21 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 46 12 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 48 9 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 53 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 24 37 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 40 22 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 37 19 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 43 15 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 40 22 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 43 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 46 14 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 47 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 47 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 24 39 22 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 38 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 37 20 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 37 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 24 40 22 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 47 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 49 11 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 39 22 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 24 37 20 20 Disambiguation of 'to deny a passing grade': 10 78 3 10
  3. (US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty). Tags: US, dated, informal
    Sense id: en-flunk-en-verb-PPxH~cKv Categories (other): American English, English blends, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English blends: 26 28 27 19 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 34 16 30
  4. To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference, describing a person's attitude to life in general.)
    Sense id: en-flunk-en-verb-QR3XHR40 Categories (other): English blends, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English blends: 26 28 27 19 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 34 16 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flunk out

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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          "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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          "roman": "valítʹ",
          "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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          "roman": "provalítʹ",
          "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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          "roman": "zavalítʹ",
          "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "saada reput"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "pompata"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "louper"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "durchfallen"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "bocciare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "trombare"
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "farsi bocciare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "roman": "shippai surú",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "失敗する"
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      "roman": "nakjehada",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "낙제(落第)하다"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "oblać"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "reprovar"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "pica"
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "word": "tronar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "perder"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to fail",
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      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "kugga"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "köra"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "hỏng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "english": "to fail an examination",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to fail",
      "word": "thi trượt"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "skǎsvam",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "скъсвам"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "nechat propadnout"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "durchfallen lassen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "segare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "cannare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "bocciare"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "reprovar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "valítʹ",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "word": "вали́ть"
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "word": "завали́ть"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "word": "aplazar"
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "specially Central America",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "word": "catear"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "word": "poner nota roja"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
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      "word": "tronar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jalarse"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to deny a passing grade",
      "word": "đánh hỏng"
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}

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