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funked

funked is the simple past and past participle of funk.

Meaning of funk

Verb (1)

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

  1. (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
  2. (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
    • He funks Basketia and her son to deathc. 1709, William King, The Furmentary
  3. (intransitive) To perform funk music.
    • From the earliest part of this decade when he funked in relative obscurity to his days as a superstar with the release of his Batman soundtrack last summer, I could almost always count on Prince.1989 December 17, Christopher Wittke, “On The Edge In The '80s”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 9
  4. (euphemistic, slang) Fuck (the taboo swear word).
    • Funk this!

Verb (2)

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
    • He'll have funked it, when he comes to the edge, and sees nothing but mist below1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.

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Phrases with funked

Questions about funked

What is funked the simple past and past participle of?
Funked is the simple past and past participle of funk.

Words near funked in the dictionary

  1. funkadelics
  2. funkateer
  3. funkateers
  4. funkcore
  5. Funke
  6. funked
  7. funked out
  8. funked up
  9. funker
  10. funkers
  11. Funkes

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