Pronunciation
- IPA: /flʌŋk/
flunk (flunks, present participle flunking; past and past participle flunked)
- (US, ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
- He flunked math, again.
- (US, transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
- Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.
- (US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
- 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.)
- French: louper
- German: durchfallen
- Italian: bocciare, trombare, farsi bocciare (in), non passare
- Portuguese: reprovar
- Russian: провали́ться
- Spanish: (South America) aplazar, (specially Central America) reprobar, (Spain) suspender, (colloquial) catear (Spain), (Venezuela) raspar, (Costa Rica) sacar nota roja, (Mexico) tronar
- German: durchfallen lassen
- Italian: segare, cannare, bocciare
- Portuguese: reprovar
- Russian: вали́ть
- Spanish: (South America) aplazar, (specially Central America) reprobar, (Spain) suspender, (colloquial) bochar (Argentina), (Spain) catear, (Peru) jalar, (Chile) rajar, (Venezuela) raspar, (Costa Rica) poner nota roja, (Mexico) tronar
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