[{"word":"flunking","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He flunked math, again."},{"definition":"Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him."},{"definition":"To shirk (a task or duty).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flunk","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flunking"]}]