4 entries under this word
n. [O. Eng. funke, a little fire, Prov. Eng. funk, touch-wood, Ger. funkenholz. Cf. Ger. funke, spark, Goth. funa, fon, fire, Icel. funi, spark, fúki, rottenness, fúna, to become rotten.] An offensive smell; a stink; a stench. [Low.]
} n. Great fear and shrinking back. Fŭnk'ing, } “The horrid panic, or funk (as the men of Eton call it).” De Quincey.
To envelop or infect with an offensive smell. King.
v. i. 1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink. 2. To be in great fear, and shrink back; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. C. Kingsley.