funked
Backed out fearfully
Funked is the past tense of funk, which has two distinct meanings.
One funk means to shrink back from in fear or to avoid out of cowardice: He funked the confrontation and slipped out the back door.
The other funk means to give something a funky quality—adding soul, groove, or rhythmic swagger: The band funked up the old jazz standard.
Having linear indentations
- jammedUnable to move freely
- syncopatedRhythmically accent-shifted
- bass lineLow-register melodic phrase
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
soulful · slap bass · tight pocket · horn section · wah-wah · danced · riffed · George Clinton
Retreated from fear
- backed outWithdrew from commitment
- balkedHesitated and refused
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- frozeBecame solid or still
lost nerve · wimped out · bottled · shied away · retreated · hesitated · faltered · flinched
grooved
Having linear indentations
- jammedUnable to move freely
- syncopatedRhythmically accent-shifted
- bass lineLow-register melodic phrase
rhythm · soulful · slap bass · tight pocket · horn section · wah-wah · danced · riffed · George Clinton · Sly Stone
chickened out
Retreated from fear
- backed outWithdrew from commitment
- balkedHesitated and refused
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
froze · lost nerve · wimped out · bottled · shied away · retreated · hesitated · faltered · flinched · caved
stank
Emitted bad odor
foul · rancid · putrid · fetid · rank · pungent · smelly · malodorous · noisome · stenchy
slumped
Sank or drooped heavily
sulked · languished · stagnated · wallowed · spiraled · crashed · melancholy · gloom · dejected · dispirited
funkedfaced
Met without flinching
confronted · braved · tackled · stood up to · dared
- in a funkTemporarily dejected mood
- blue funkState of low spirits
- deep funkIntense melancholic state
- funky chickenNovelty dance mimicking birds
- Uptown Funk2010s dance anthem
- funk bandEnsemble playing groove music