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Funk
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] King.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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).