Funk, v. i.
1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.]
To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell (Biglow Papers).
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