Funky \Funk"y\ (f[u^][ng]k"[y^]), a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking;
having great fear. [Colloq. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Funky \Funk"y\ (f[u^][ng]k"[y^]), n.
having an earthy, unsophisticated style or feeling; in
(Music), earthy and seemingly unsophisticated, having
elements of black American blues and gospel. See 2nd funk,
n.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
funky
adj 1: offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [syn: fetid, foetid,
foul, foul-smelling, noisome, smelly, putrid,
stinking]
2: (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues [syn: low-down]
3: in a state of cowardly fright
[also: funkiest, funkier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "funky":
afraid, atrabiliar, atrabilious, bad, bad-smelling, blue, chicken,
chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, cowed, daunted, dismayed,
fainthearted, fearful, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty, frowsy, frowy,
frowzy, fulsome, funking, fusty, gamy, graveolent, henhearted,
high, ill-smelling, intimidated, lily-livered, malodorous,
melancholic, melancholy, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed,
mildewy, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, moldy, mousy, musty,
nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, offensive, olid, overtimid,
overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pensive, pigeonhearted, putrid,
rabbity, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky,
repulsive, rotten, sissified, sissy, smellful, smelling, smelly,
soft, stale, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, timid,
timorous, tristful, unmanly, unmanned, vile, weak, weak-kneed,
weakhearted, white-livered, wistful, yellow
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
funky adj. Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,
klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its
obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces.
The more bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because
workarounds are easier, the funkier it is. TECO and UUCP are funky.
The Intel i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most
standards acquire funkiness as they age. "The new mailer is installed,
but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your mail for no reason, try
resubmitting it." "This UART is pretty funky. The data ready line is
active-high in interrupt mode and active-low in DMA mode."
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
funky
Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,
klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to
change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often
used to describe interfaces. The more bugs something has that
nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the
funkier it is. TECO and UUCP are funky. The Intel
i860's exception handling is extraordinarily funky. Most
standards acquire funkiness as they age. "The new mailer is
installed, but is still somewhat funky; if it bounces your
mail for no reason, try resubmitting it." "This UART is
pretty funky. The data ready line is active-high in interrupt
mode and active-low in DMA mode."
[{Jargon File]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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