Meaning

5 senses
  1. (US, ambitransitive)Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.

    He flunked math, again.

  2. (US, transitive)Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.

    Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.

    durchfallen lassen

    вали́тьvalítʹ, провали́тьprovalítʹ, завали́тьzavalítʹ

    fail to get a passing grade

  3. (US, broadly)To fail any challenge

    durchfallen

    провали́тьсяprovalítʹsja, завали́тьzavalítʹ

  4. (US, dated, informal)To shirk (a task or duty).

  5. (US)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.)

Examples

33 sentences
  1. I flunked two of my tests.

    ruЯ завалил два зачёта.

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  2. Did you really flunk a grade?

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  3. He flunked his driving test three times.

    ruОн трижды провалил экзамен по вождению.

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  4. I hope I don't flunk tomorrow's test.

    deIch hoffe, ich vermassele den Test morgen nicht.

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  5. Tom hopes he doesn't flunk out of school.

    ruТом надеется, что его не исключат из школы.

    deTom hofft, dass er nicht von der Schule fliegt.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to deny a passing grade:
to fail:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to deny a passing grade:
to fail:

Origin

Alteration of funk, or perhaps a blend of flinch + funk.

Alteration of funk, or perhaps a blend of flinch + funk.

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Forms

flunks, flunking, flunked, flunked
Base formflunk · to flunk
3rd person singularflunks
Present participleflunking
Past simpleflunked
Past participleflunked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflunk
he, she, itflunks

Past simpleLesson

all personsflunked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flunked
he, she, ithas flunked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flunk

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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