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funkers

funkers is the plural of funker.

Meaning of funker

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!

Questions about funkers

What is funkers the plural of?
Funkers is the plural of funker.

Words near funkers in the dictionary

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

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