Crossword-Solution: FLUNK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Flunk | v. i. | To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear. |
| Flunk | v. t. | To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty. |
| Flunk | n. | A failure or backing out |
| Flunk | n. | a total failure in a recitation. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with FLUNK (5)
The following case throws some light on this matter, reported in the same pamphlet: "An American family, considered a prize by the agent because of the fact that there were nine children, turned out to be a `flunk.' They could not work in the beet-fields, they ran up a bill at the country-store, and one day the father and the eldest son, a boy of nineteen, were seen running through the railroad station to catch an out-going train.
Most of the fellows who flunk out at the State come to us, just as he did." "But how can there be any serious study where they give so much time to athletics and frivolity? They pay their football coach a larger salary than their President.
One could be smart, devote oneself to study--be a “greasy grind”--and yet fail of prominence; and one could fail to pass--“flunk”--and yet climb to the pinnacle of prominence.
Can you rid me of this horrid mark, for I can’t flunk out in the street in this rig.” “I can,” sais I, “but I will do it on one condition only, and that is, that you give over canting that way, and coverin’ tricks with long faces and things too serious to mention now, for that is doubly wicked.
Math isn't my strong point, and I simply must not fall down on it; if I should flunk it would break my father all up." "You flunk! I'd like to see you doing it." Van smiled derisively.
Quotes with FLUNK (3)
You can get all A's and still flunk life.
If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.
They did the best they could with the knowledge they had." How the fuck did people know that? They didn't have no way of knowing that. Even if they did the best they could with the knowledge they had, why the hell didn't they have better knowledge? I mean, then nobody should ever fail an exam because everyone who Wright's an exam is doing the best they can with the knowledge they have. If I don't study for geography exam then I flunk out. Can I then say wait, just like the pe…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 22 times in crossword archives (1957–2024).