flunk /flʌŋk/
verb informal especially American English[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Perhaps from flinch + funk 'to be afraid (of)' (18-21 centuries); ⇒ funk(2)]
1. [intransitive and transitive] to fail a test:
Tony flunked chemistry last semester.2. [transitive] to give someone low marks on a test so that they fail it
Synonym : fail:
She hadn’t done the work so I flunked her.flunk out phrasal verb informal especially American English to be forced to leave a school or college because your work is not good enough
flunk out of
Ben flunked out of college. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲