funk
To emit an offensive smellTo emit an offensive smell; to stink.
» Tom was in a funk band.
Meaning
6 senses(intransitive)To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
(transitive)To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
(intransitive)To perform funk music.
(euphemistic, slang)Fuck (the taboo swear word).
Funk this!
(ambitransitive)To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
zurückschrecken, erschrecken, fürchten
избега́тьizbegátʹ, тру́ситьtrúsitʹ, дре́йфитьdréjfitʹ
(transitive)To frighten; to cause to flinch.
- draw back, as with fear or pain
Examples
11 sentencesTom was in a funk band.
Tom's funk band was in a funk.
Make sure you clean the funk out of the filter every month.
Tom's band was in a funk, and you could smell it on them.
I'm in a funk.
Translations
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Origin
1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northe1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate.
1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning “to panic, fail due to panic”. Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk.
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Forms
funks, funking, funked, funkedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
9 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle