Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a student, to fail a class; to not pass. · Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade. · To fail any challenge · To shirk (a task or duty).
Alteration of funk, or perhaps a blend of flinch + funk.
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- Blend componentflinchen
- Blend componentfunk#Etymology_3en
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