Meaning of funk out | Babel Free

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.”

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