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Meaning of funk out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out.
    dated, dialectal
  2. To malfunction.
  3. To rock out to funk music.

Examples

“to funk right out o' p'lit'cal strife”
““What! why not? what's the meaning of this? are you funking out of it? You're all a set of cowards.””
““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.””
“Jack did not like it when his technology funked out, but with forty-three Marines keeping careful watch, he could at least search with the Mark I eyeball.”
“Maupin shines, particularly at 4:48 where he funks out, completely eschewing the tempo and expanding the palette of the band.”
“Dancing, energized, smiling at Wes, who was dressed to the nines with his cuffs rolled and slacks ironed, funking out to the tunes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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