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Funk out

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out. dated, dialectal

    "to funk right out o' p'lit'cal strife"

  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.”"

  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."

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