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Funk

Funk (funk)
n.(?)
Funk
[OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f(?)n fire.]
  1. An offensive smell; a stench.
    [Low]

Funk

Funk (funk)
v. t.
Funk
  1. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
    [Obs.] King.

Funk

Funk (funk)
v. i.
Funk
  1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
  2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.
    [Colloq.] C. Kingsley.

    To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]

    To funk right out o' political strife. Lowell (Biglow Papers).

Funk

Alternates
Funking
Funk"ing
Funk (funk)
n.
Funk
  1. A shrinking back through fear.
    [Colloq.] "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)." De Quincey.

Funk

Funk (funk)
n.(?)
Funk
  1. One who funks; a shirk; a coward.
    [Colloq.]

Funk

Funk (funk)
v. t.
Funk
  1. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task.
    [Colloq.]
  2. To frighten; to cause to flinch.
    [Colloq.]












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