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Flunk   Listen
verb
Flunk  v. t.  
1.
To fail in; to fail to pass (a test, examination, or course of study). (Colloq. U.S.)
2.
To shirk, as a task or duty.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Flunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... into English for class-room, I was turning out more or less deformed verse of my own, or rapt in the contemplation of some plot for story or play. But somehow I got through school without a decided flunk. In the mean time some of my lines had found their way into print, and the little cheques I received for them had set my head buzzing with dreams of wealth to be made by my pen. If we could only pass the pitfalls of that dreaming age ...
— The Uncalled - A Novel • Paul Laurence Dunbar
... me to do all sorts of things with you, Flora, and then you sneak off and study on the quiet and leave me to flunk because I promised you I ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst


Words linked to "Flunk" :   passing, failure, bomb


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