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Definition: FLUNKED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Flunk.[Websters]
2. To be dehydrated or desiccated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have withered, wiped or faded. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To be abortioned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have flopped, misfired or fluffed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To be bungled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have missed or overlooked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To be emaciated or tuckered. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have balked, evaded or baulked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To be frosted.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flunk.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flunk)
1. Fail to get a passing grade.[Wordnet].
2. To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.[Websters].
3. To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: flunking, flunked, flunks, flunker, flunkers, flunkingly and flunkedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Flunked" is a common misspelling or typo for: clunked.

Date "Flunked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Definition: FLUNKED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Flunk.[Websters]
2. To be dehydrated or desiccated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have withered, wiped or faded. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To be abortioned. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have flopped, misfired or fluffed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To be bungled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have missed or overlooked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To be emaciated or tuckered. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have balked, evaded or baulked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To be frosted.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flunk.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flunk)
1. Fail to get a passing grade.[Wordnet].
2. To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.[Websters].
3. To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: flunking, flunked, flunks, flunker, flunkers, flunkingly and flunkedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FLUNKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)


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