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5 words match “FUNK”

FUNK v. 4 definitions
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).
FUNK; FUNKING n.
A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] "The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it)." De Quincey.
FUNKY a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking. [Colloq. Eng.]
DAY LILY n.
A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.
PETER n.
h ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. -- Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] -- Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's d…