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Word: Flunk
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 19th century (in the general sense ‘back down, fail utterly’; originally US): perhaps related to funk or to US flink ‘be a coward’, perhaps a variant of flinch
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
flʌŋk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study)
Short Definition:fail to reach required standard in
Examples:- I flunked biology in the tenth grade
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