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funking out

funking out is the present participle and gerund of funk out.

Meaning of funk out

Verb

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

  1. (dated, dialectal) To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out.
    • to funk right out o' p'lit'cal strife1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers
  2. To malfunction.
    • “I don't know; we've lost line-of-sight, and I think my com is funking out, too. Maybe the static discharge shorted it out. We're gonna have to backtrack and find everybody.”2012, W. G. Marshall, Enormity
  3. To rock out to funk music.
    • Maupin shines, particularly at 4:48 where he funks out, completely eschewing the tempo and expanding the palette of the band.2018, Eric Wendell, Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion

Questions about funking out

What is funking out the present participle and gerund of?
Funking out is the present participle and gerund of funk out.

Words near funking out in the dictionary

  1. funkification
  2. funkified
  3. funkily
  4. funkiness
  5. funking
  6. funking out
  7. funking up
  8. funkioside
  9. funkis
  10. funkite
  11. funkitude

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