Definition of Funk

Funk

1. An offensive smell; a stench.
2. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
3. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
4. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.
5. Alt. of Funking
6. One who funks; a shirk; a coward.
7. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task.
8. To frighten; to cause to flinch.