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Funk   /fəŋk/   Listen
noun
Funk  n.  
1.
An offensive smell; a stench. (Low)
2.
One who funks; a shirk; a coward. (Colloq.)
3.
A state of fear.
4.
A mildly depressed state of mind; often used in the phrase blue funk.


Funk  n.  An earthy, seemingly unsophisticated style of jazz music having elements of black American blues and gospel.


Funking, Funk  n.  A shrinking back through fear. (Colloq.) "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)."


verb
Funk  v. t.  
1.
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. (Obs.)
2.
To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task. (Colloq.)
3.
To frighten; to cause to flinch. (Colloq.)


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.)
To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. (Colloq.) "To funk right out o' political strife."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Funk" Quotes from Famous Books



... for us put him in blue funk. If I not shoot, presently he shoot," and he made a sound that resembled the whistling of an arrow, then added, "Now you go sleep. I not tired, I watch, my eyes see in dark better than yours. Only two ...
— The Yellow God - An Idol of Africa • H. Rider Haggard
... feeling that I was doing this dead man a distinct wrong—as if it mattered to the dead, after all! When the affair was over, I thought more of the possible consequences than of its relation to the dead man himself; but do as I would at the time, I was in a ridiculous funk, and especially when going through the forms of ...
— The Autobiography of a Quack And The Case Of George Dedlow • S. Weir Mitchell
... should go back and speak to him. He said the boy would be disappointed. The men were visibly uneasy at his going, but that didn't affect him. He ordered them to wait, and back he went, pell-mell, all alone into that horde of fiends. They hadn't got over their funk, luckily, and he saw Blue Arrow and made his party call and got out again all right. He didn't tell that himself, but Sergeant O'Hara made the camp ring with it. He adores Morgan, and claims that he doesn't know what fear is. I believe ...
— The Militants - Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World • Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
... the capital, strong commandos under General Botha, de la Rey, Beyers, and Viljoen. It was said that there were quite 6,000 troops in town awaiting developments, and Hansie coming home one evening, surprised her mother by saying that "Khaki was in the deuce of a funk!" ...
— The Petticoat Commando - Boer Women in Secret Service • Johanna Brandt
... been made from a little volume, "India: What Can It Teach Us?" published by Funk and Wagnalls in 1883, and sold at 25 cents, so that these statements of Prof. Max Mueller have been accessible for more than a ...
— The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul - The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies - in Psychology • Jirah D. Buck


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