Reverse Dictionary: EXAM (test)

NOUNS
► ANCHOR an examination that has been postponed → 1955 US sl.
► BLUE BOOK a test or examination → 1890 US students’ sl.
► CHEAT SHEET notes smuggled into an examination → 1959 US students’ sl.
► CUFF-CHEATING cheating in school examinations → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CUFFING cheating in school examinations → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GYP SHEET a sheet of paper on which examination answers are written, used by a student to cheat on a test → 1971 Amer. students’ sl.
► HOOKER a difficult question on an examination → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► QUERY a test or examination → 1976 US sl.
► ZOT ► ZOTZ zero in an examination → 1960s US students’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CRAMMEE a student who is ‘crammed’ for an examination, etc. → 1883
► CRAMMER a person who ‘crams’ pupils for an examination, etc.; a student who crams a subject → 1814 colloq.
► CRAMMIST a student who crams a subject for examination → 1862
► CRIB a person who cheats in an examination; something used to cheat in an examination → 1856 Amer. dial.
► FLUNKEE ► FLUNKEY ► FLUNKY 1. one who fails an examination → 19C US students’ sl.
2. one who is expelled, due to failing examinations → 1920s sl.
► FLUNKER one who regularly fails their examinations or recitations → L19 US students’ sl.

VERBS
► ACE to achieve the top grade in an examination → M20 Amer. sl.
► ACE IT to make a perfect score on a school or college test; to score an ‘A’ on an exam → 1950s US sl.
► ACE OUT to do well, to succeed, as in an examination → 1950s sl., orig. US students’ usage
► BE PLUCKED to flunk an examination → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRAB to cheat in school exams → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CRACK UP to fail in an examination → US Civil War usage
► CRIB to cheat on a school examination → 1748
► FAN to make a perfect recitation or do well in an examination → 1834 Amer. students’ sl.
► FAN OUT to make a perfect recitation or do well in an examination → 1859 Amer. students’ sl.
► FLAIL to do poorly on or fail a test; to mess up → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FLUNK to fail in an examination → 1837 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► FLUNK OUT to fail an examination; to give a fail mark → E19 sl., orig. US students’ usage
► GET SHOT DOWN to fail an exam; to do very poor work → 1969 US sl. (Bk.)
► GOM UP to perform poorly, esp. on an exam → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HIT THE CEILING to fail in examination → 1900 Amer. sl.
► INVIGILATE to keep watch; to watch carefully; to watch over students at an examination → M16
► JACK to use a translation or hidden notes to pass an examination → 1900s US students’ sl.
► JAP to make a zero on an exam → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► KAZONK to fail an exam, or to do very poor work → 1969 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PILL to fail in an examination → 1908 sl.
► PLOUGH to fail in an examination → 1853 Brit. sl.
► PLUCK to fail in an examination → 1713 Brit. university sl.
► SHED to work very hard, esp. when cramming for an exam or test → 1982 US students’ sl.
► SKIN to copy or to cheat in an exam → 1849 US sl.
► TAKE IT IN THE SHORTS to do very poorly in a course or on an exam → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TUBE IT to fail an examination or course in school → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WALK to take an examination without using any form of cheating aid → L19 US students’ sl.
► XEROX to cheat on a test → 1960s US students’ sl.
► ZAP to fail in an examination → 1961 US sl.
► ZOO to fail an exam → 1970s US students’ sl.