flunk

See also: Flunk

English

Alteration of funk, or perhaps a blend of flinch +‎ funk.

flunk (third-person singular simple present flunks, present participle flunking, simple past and past participle flunked)

(US, transitive, intransitive) 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.)

to fail

Azerbaijani: kəsilmək (az)
Bulgarian: пропадам (bg) (propadam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 失敗／失败 (zh) (shībài), 失败 (zh) (shībài)
Dutch: (voor) buizen (nl), zakken (nl)
Finnish: reputtaa (fi), saada reput (fi), pompata
French: louper (fr)
German: durchfallen (de)
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Italian: bocciare (it), trombare (it), farsi bocciare (in), non passare
Japanese: 失敗する (ja) (しっぱいする, shippai surú)
Polish: oblać (pl)
Portuguese: reprovar (pt)
Russian: провали́ться (ru) pf (provalítʹsja) (intransitive only), завали́ть (ru) pf (zavalítʹ) (transitive: math, etc.)
Spanish: (South America) aplazar (es), (specially Central America, Mexico) reprobar (es), (Spain) suspender (es), (colloquial) catear (es) (Spain), (Venezuela) raspar (es), (Costa Rica) sacar nota roja, (Mexico) tronar (es)
Swedish: kugga (sv), köra (sv)

to deny a passing grade

Bulgarian: скъсвам (bg) (skǎsvam)
Czech: propadnout (cs)
German: durchfallen lassen
Italian: segare (it), cannare (it), bocciare (it)
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Polish: oblać (pl)
Portuguese: reprovar (pt)
Russian: вали́ть (ru) impf (valítʹ), провали́ть (ru) pf (provalítʹ), завали́ть (ru) pf (zavalítʹ)
Spanish: (South America) aplazar (es), (specially Central America, Mexico) reprobar (es), (Spain) suspender (es), (colloquial) bochar (es) (Argentina), (Spain) catear (es), (Peru) jalar (es), (Chile, Colombia) rajar (es), (Venezuela) raspar (es), (Costa Rica) poner nota roja, (Mexico) tronar (es)