funk out

Definitions

1. 1

   To back out in a cowardly way

   To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out.

   • 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.”
2. 2

   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.”
   • 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.
3. 3

   To rock out to funk music.

   • 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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