noun an offensive smell; a stench.
2. funk ·vt to envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
3. funk ·noun ·alt. of funking.
4. funk ·add. ·noun one who funks; a shirk; a coward.
5. funk ·vi to emit an offensive smell; to stink.
6. funk ·add. ·vt to frighten; to cause to flinch.
7. funk ·add. ·vt to funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task.
8. funk ·vi to be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.