Funk

·noun An offensive smell; a stench.

II. Funk ·vt To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

III. Funk ·noun ·Alt. of Funking.

IV. Funk ·add. ·noun One who funks; a shirk; a coward.

V. Funk ·vi To emit an offensive smell; to Stink.

VI. Funk ·add. ·vt To Frighten; to cause to flinch.

VII. Funk ·add. ·vt To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task.

VIII. Funk ·vi To be frightened, and shrink back; to Flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.

to funk
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.