(flunk)

  • 11flunk — index fail (lose) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12flunk — (v.) 1823, Amer.Eng. college slang, original meaning to back out, give up, fail, traditionally said to be an alteration of British university slang funk to be frightened, shrink from (see FUNK (Cf. funk) (1)). Related: Flunked; flunking …

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  • 13flunk|ee — «fluhng KEE», noun. U.S. Informal. a person who flunks out …

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  • 14flunk|er — «FLUHNG kuhr», noun. U.S. 1. a student who fails in an examination. 2. a teacher who marks or grades such a student …

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  • 15flunk|ey — «FLUHNG kee», noun, plural eys. = flunky. (Cf. ↑flunky) …

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  • 16Flunk — Infobox musical artist Name = Flunk Img capt = Img size = 250 Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Oslo, Norway Genre = Electronic Years active = 2000 ndash; present Label = Beatservice Records Associated acts = URL = Current… …

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  • 17flunk — UK [flʌŋk] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms flunk : present tense I/you/we/they flunk he/she/it flunks present participle flunking past tense flunked past participle flunked mainly American informal to fail a test or a course John… …

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  • 18flunk — /flungk/, v.i. 1. to fail in a course or examination. 2. flunk out, to fail and be unable to continue in: He flunked out of flight school. v.t. 3. to fail to get a passing mark in: to flunk math. 4. to give a failing grade to; remove (a student)… …

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  • 19flunk — v. (colloq.) (esp. AE) (D; intr.) to flunk out of (he flunkd out of school) * * * [flʌŋk] (colloq.) (esp. AE) (D; intr.) to flunk out of (he flunkd out of school) …

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  • 20flunk — [[t]flʌŋk[/t]] v. i. 1) to fail in a course or examination 2) to get a failing mark in 3) to give a failing grade to 4) phv flunk out, to dismiss or be dismissed from a school because of failing grades: to flunk out of college[/ex] 5) a failure,… …

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