<B>funk</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a condition of panic or fear. <BR> <I>Ex. to be in a blue funk.</I> (SYN) terror. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=coward.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to be afraid of. <DD><B> 2. </B>to shrink from; shirk. (SYN) evade. <DD><B> 3. </B>to frighten or scare. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to flinch or shrink through fear; try to back out of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. He always funked when competition grew too keen.</I> noun <B>funker.</B> </DL>
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<B>funk</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a strong, offensive smell, especially of smoke. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=funk art.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to blow smoke upon; annoy with smoke. <DD><B> 2. </B>to smoke (a pipe). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to smoke. <BR> <I>Ex. But there my triumph's straw-fire flared and funked (Robert Browning).</I> </DL>
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<B>funk</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Jazz Slang.) a type of earthy blues with origins in gospel singing and African rhythms; funky jazz. <BR> <I>Ex. Funk was a deeper reach into Negro culture than jazz had taken before (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>funk art,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of pop art created from strange or bizarre objects, usually of a recognizable form, such as a huge toothbrush or a typewriter with finger-shaped keys. </DL>
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<B>funk artist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who produces funk art. </DL>
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<B>funk hole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rough shelter dug in the ground for protection against the enemy's fire; dugout. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a safe situation for a person shirking military duty. </DL>
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<B>funkia, </B>noun. <B>=plantain lily.</B></DL>
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<B>funk money,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) hot money (def. 1). </DL>
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<B>funky, </B>adjective, <B>funkier,</B> <B>funkiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>shrinking in fear; timid. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a strong, offensive smell. <BR> <I>Ex. Lord, but this hallway was funky (Louise Meriwether).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>having a flavor or sound like that of the blues; wistful and sad. <BR> <I>Ex. funky jazz.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>earthy; unpretentious; authentic. <BR> <I>Ex. a funky style of singing.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>elegant; fine; fashionable. <BR> <I>Ex. "That's a funky jacket, Kit Carson" (Time).</I> adv. <B>funkily.</B> noun <B>funkiness.</B> </DL>
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<B>funless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without fun; joyless. </DL>
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<B>funnel, </B>noun, verb, <B>-neled,</B> <B>-neling</B> or (especially British) <B>-nelled,</B> <B>-neling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a tapering tube with a wide mouth shaped like a cone. A funnel is used to prevent spilling in pouring liquids, powder, grain, or the like into containers with small openings. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything shaped like a funnel. <BR> <I>Ex. a funnel of smoke.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a round metal chimney; smokestack. <BR> <I>Ex. The steamship had two funnels. The steam locomotive had one funnel.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a flue or stack for carrying off smoke or for ventilation or lighting. <DD><B> 5. </B>the narrow cloud of a tornado that extends downward from a heavy, dark mass of cumulonimbus clouds. <BR> <I>Ex. A tornado has a strong lifting force due to the updraft of air in the funnel (James E. Miller).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to pass or feed through or as if through a funnel or other narrow opening. <BR> <I>Ex. to funnel gasoline into a can. The crowd funneled through the gate. (Figurative.) She funneled all of her efforts into her career.</I> </DL>
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<B>funnel chest,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a malformed depression of the sternum and anterior portions of the ribs, often associated with rickets. </DL>
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<B>funneled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a funnel or funnels. <BR> <I>Ex. the double-funneled stem of whirling mist [of a waterspout] (D. Pidgeon).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=funnel-shaped.</B> </DL>
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<B>funnelform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having the form of a funnel, or inverted shallow cone. </DL>
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<B>funnel-shaped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>shaped like a funnel. <BR> <I>Ex. From the base of a thundercloud a funnel-shaped cloud extends a violently twisting spout toward the earth (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having a tubelike corolla slowly enlarging upward and spreading widely at the top; infundibuliform. </DL>
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<B>funnel-web spider,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spider which builds a horizontal web with a funnel-shaped retreat at one side. It is found especially in grass, low bushes, or houses. </DL>
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<B>funnies, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>funny.</B> </DL>
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<B>funny, </B>adjective, <B>-nier,</B> <B>-niest,</B> noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>causing laughter; comical; amusing. <BR> <I>Ex. The clown's funny jokes kept us laughing.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>strange; queer; odd. <BR> <I>Ex. It's funny that he is so late.</I> (SYN) curious. <DD><B> b. </B>tricky or underhanded. <BR> <I>Ex. You'll be sorry if you try anything funny in class.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>impertinent; saucy. <BR> <I>Ex. I warned that boy not to get funny with the boss.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S.) having to do with the part of a newspaper containing comic strips. <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) <B>1. </B>a joke. <BR> <I>Ex. I hear he's a lawyer now, restricted, I suppose, to sneaking in a funny now and then in his summation to the jury (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an amusing show, performance, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. In 1935 "One Pair of Hands," Miss Dickens's account of her life as a maid and cook, turned out a real funny and brought her unsinkable fame (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>something peculiar, queer, or strange. <BR><I>expr. <B>the funnies,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>comic strips; comics. </I> <I>Ex. Dad likes to read the funnies.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the section of a newspaper carrying comic strips. adv. <B>funnily.</B> noun <B>funniness.</B> </DL>
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<B>funny bone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sensitive place at the bend of the elbow where a nerve lies between the skin and bone; crazy bone. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) sense of humor. <BR> <I>Ex. The sophisticated, satirical irony is aimed at the mind and the funny bone, seldom the emotions (Bosley Crowther).</I> </DL>
<B>funny car,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of drag-racing car with the body of a conventional automobile, a supercharged engine, and the driver's seat in the back. </DL>
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<B>funny farm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) an insane asylum. <BR> <I>Ex. He eventually had to be removed to the funny farm by the men in the white coats (Bernard Levin).</I> </DL>
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<B>funnyman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) an actor or writer noted for being funny; comedian; humorist. </DL>
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<B>funny money,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. and Canada. Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>money that is not stable or redeemable. <DD><B> 2. </B>money to promote an unsound or impractical venture. </DL>
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<B>funny paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the section of a newspaper devoted to comic strips; funnies. </DL>
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<B>fun run,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a running race that acknowledges participation rather than performance. </DL>
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<B>funsome, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or loving fun; given to amusement. <BR> <I>Ex. She signed on to replace Jennilee Harrison as the third member of the funsome threesome in "Three's Company" (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
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<B>funster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who tries to amuse with funny talk or actions; comedian. <BR> <I>Ex. The men of Lincolnshire, it turns out, are great funsters (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
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<B>fuori le mura,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) outside the walls (used in the names of certain churches of Rome). <BR> <I>Ex. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries there was some Romanesque building, including ... the nave and cloister of San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>fur, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>furred,</B> <B>furring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the hair covering the skin of certain animals. Fur grows on many mammals and usually consists of a short, soft, thick undercoat thinly covered by a longer, coarser outer coat. <DD><B> 2. </B>skin with such hair on it, dressed and treated. Fur is used to make, cover, trim, or line clothing. (SYN) pelt. <DD><B> 3. </B>any coating like fur, as on a plant. <DD><B> 4. </B>a coating of foul or waste matter like fur. A sick person often has fur on his tongue. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Heraldry.) one of three kinds of tincture (the other two being <I>color</I> and <I>metal</I>). <DD><I>adj. </I> made of fur. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1a. </B>to make, line, trim, or cover with fur. <DD><B> b. </B>to clothe or adorn with fur. <DD><B> 2. </B>to coat with foul or waste matter like fur. <BR> <I>Ex. The walls on all sides [were] furred with mouldy damps (Joseph Addison).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Carpentry.) to put furring on (beams or walls). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to grow fur. <BR> <I>Ex. In February the pussy willow furs in the chill wind (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to become furred or fuzzy. <BR> <I>Ex. His voice doesn't vary from a monotonous mumble furring round the vowels (Sunday Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>furs,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>a garment made of fur. </I> <I>Ex. Mother's furs keep her warm. Underneath is the picture of Sir William Cecil, after Lord Burleigh, in his gown and furs (Daniel Waterland).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>skins of animals with the fur on them. <BR> <I>Ex. Some furs are imported from Canada.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>make the fur fly,</B> </I>(Informal.) to cause trouble; quarrel; fight. <BR> <I>Ex. I knew very well that I was in a devil of a hobble, for my father had been taking a few horns, and was in a good condition to make the fur fly (David Crockett).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rub</B> (or <B>stroke</B>) <B>one's fur the wrong way,</B> </I>to irritate one. <BR> <I>Ex. With his persistent questions Tom ended up rubbing somebody's fur the wrong way.</I> adj. <B>furless.</B> adj. <B>furlike.</B> </DL>
