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flunkflunk /flʌŋk/ verb informal ETYMOLOGYflunkOrigin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from flinch + funk to be afraid (of) (18-21 centuries); ➔ FUNK(2) VERB TABLEflunk |
Present | I, you, we, they | flunk | | he, she, it | flunks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | flunked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have flunked | | he, she, it | has flunked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had flunked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will flunk | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have flunked |
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Present | I | am flunking | | he, she, it | is flunking | | you, we, they | are flunking | Past | I, he, she, it | was flunking | | you, we, they | were flunking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been flunking | | he, she, it | has been flunking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been flunking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be flunking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been flunking |
1[intransitive, transitive] to fail a test or class: Tony flunked chemistry last semester. Yesterday I took my driver’s test and flunked.2[transitive] if a teacher flunks someone, the teacher gives him or her a failing grade for a test or class: She didn’t do any of the work, so I flunked her.flunk out phrasal verb informal to be forced to leave a school or college because your work is not good enough: flunk out of Leo flunked out of Yale in his junior year. |