Associations to the word «Flunk»
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Wiktionary
FLUNK, verb. (US) (ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
FLUNK, verb. (US) (transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
FLUNK, verb. (US) (dated) (informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
FLUNK, verb. To back out through fear.
FLUNK OUT, verb. (idiomatic) To fail to finish school, or a given subject, program or course, due to academic shortcomings; i.e., to have too many flunking or failing grades (marks).
FLUNK OUT, verb. (idiomatic) (of an educator or institution) To impose failing grades on (a student), often requiring a retaking of the course or academic year.
Dictionary definition
FLUNK, noun. Failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report".
FLUNK, verb. Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.