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funker

funker noun: one who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.

Noun

funker (plural funkers)

  1. One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
    • You say a man's got no brain, when he's a fool: and no heart, when he's mean; and no stomach, when he's a funker. And when he's got none of that spunky wild bit of a man in him, you say he's got no balls.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook...
  2. (euphemistic, slang) Bowdlerization of fucker.
    • That Funker should be in prison!

Forms of funker

pluralfunkers

Origin of funker

From funk + -er.

Questions about funker

What does funker mean?
Funker means one who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
What part of speech is funker?
Funker is a noun.
What is the plural of funker?
The plural of funker is funkers.

Words near funker in the dictionary

  1. funkcore
  2. Funke
  3. funked
  4. funked out
  5. funked up
  6. funker
  7. funkers
  8. Funkes
  9. funkhole
  10. funkholes
  11. Funkhouser

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