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funk out en · VERB
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(dated, dialectal) To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out.
to funk right out o' p'lit'cal strife
1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers:“What! why not? what's the meaning of this? are you funking out of it? You're all a set of cowards.”
1887, Frederick Whsihaw (translator), Fyodor Dostoevsky (original), The Gambler:
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To malfunction.
“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.”
2012, W. G. Marshall, Enormity: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.
2013, Mark Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Defender:
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To rock out to funk music.
Dancing, energized, smiling at Wes, who was dressed to the nines with his cuffs rolled and slacks ironed, funking out to the tunes.
2022, Kelly Siskind, The Beat Match:Maupin shines, particularly at 4:48 where he funks out, completely eschewing the tempo and expanding the palette of the band.
2018, Eric Wendell, Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion:
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