Funk Definition
(intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
Other Word Forms of Funk
Noun
Origin of Funk
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From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). More at spunk.
From Wiktionary
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1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate.
From Wiktionary
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1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk.
From Wiktionary
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Probably ultimately from a northern French dialectal source such as Picard Walloon funquer to produce smoke from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre alteration of Latin fūmigāre fumigate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably from obsolete Flemish fonck disturbance, agitation of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Back-formation from funky
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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