flunking
present participle of flunk
Source: Wiktionary
Flunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flunked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flunking.] Etym: [Cf. Funk.]
Definition: To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.
Flunk, v. t.
Definition: To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty. [Colloq. U.S.]
Flunk, n.
Definition: A failure or backing out; specifically (College cant),
Definition: a total failure in a recitation. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
