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   Funk (fŭṉk), n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. fōn fire.]
   1. An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
   
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   2. One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.]
   
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   3. a state of fear.
   
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   4. a mildly depressed state of mind; -- often used in the phrase blue funk.
   
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   Funk (fŭṉk), n. an earthy, seemingly unsophisticated style of jazz music having elements of black American blues and gospel.
   
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   Funk, v. t.
   1. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.]  King.
   
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   2. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, “to funk a task”. [Colloq.]
   
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   3.  To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.]
   
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   Funk, v. i.
   1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
   
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   2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, “to funk at the edge of a precipice”. [Colloq.]  C. Kingsley.
   
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   To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
   
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   To funk right out o' political strife. Lowell (Biglow Papers).
   
   
         
       

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