Hypertext Webster Gateway: "funk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funk \Funk\, n.
One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funk \Funk\, v. t.
1. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or
person); as, to funk a task. [Colloq.]
2. To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funk \Funk\, v. i.
1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk
at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] --C. Kingsley.
{To funk out}, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell
(Biglow
Papers).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funk \Funk\, Funking \Funk"ing\, n.
A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] ``The horrid panic,
or funk (as the men of Eton call it).'' --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funk \Funk\, n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk
touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f?n fire.]
An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funk \Funk\, v. t.
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] --King.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
funk
n 1: a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" [syn: {blue
funk}]
2: United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that
several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and
who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved
(1884-1967) [syn: {Funk}, {Casimir Funk}]
v : draw back, as with fear [syn: {flinch}, {squinch}, {cringe},
{shrink}, {wince}, {recoil}, {quail}]
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