FUNK Funk, n. Etym: [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f fire.]
Defn: An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
FUNK
Funk, v. t.
Defn: To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] King.
FUNK
Funk, v. i.
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; FUNKING
Funk, Funk"ing, n.
Defn: A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)." De Quincey.
FUNKY
Funk"y, a.