flunked; flunking; flunks
: to fail especially in an examination or course
flunker
noun
Examples of flunk in a Sentence
Verb
If I flunk this class, I have to take it over again.
If I flunk, I have to take this class over again.
The teacher had to flunk two students.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025
Will the current Supreme Court conclude that Trump’s tariffs also flunk it? N.C.L.A.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
He’s also had 30 horses flunk drug tests in that time and 74 horses die in his care since 2000.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
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Verb
How many times has Meatball Morrissey ally and Norfolk County clerk of courts Walter Timilty flunked the bar exam so far?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025
Will the current Supreme Court conclude that Trump’s tariffs also flunk it? N.C.L.A.
—Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
But that chapter, written before a July Supreme Court ruling that suggested Florida and Texas laws regulating content moderation flunk First Amendment scrutiny, also notes that Carr met some conservative pushback on that idea from his own Project 2025 collaborators.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
He’s also had 30 horses flunk drug tests in that time and 74 horses die in his care since 2000.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
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“Flunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flunk. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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