funky
English
adj
Definitions
- (US) Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
- (US) Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.
- (slang) Cool; great; excellent.
- Having or relating to the smell of funk.
- (music) Relating to or reminiscent of various genres of African American music, especially funk.
- (UK) Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
Etymology
Suffix from English funk (touchwood, spark).
Origin
English
funk
Gloss
touchwood, spark
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drumfunk English
- electrofunk English
- funk English
- funkadelic English
- funkateer English
- funkcore English
- funker English
- funkhole English
- funkification English
- funkily English
- funkiness English
- funklike English
- funkmaster English
- funksome English
- funkster English
- funktastic English
- neurofunk English
- technofunk English
- ultrafunky English
- unfunky English
- fūmicāre Latin
- Funk German
- funk Spanish, Castilian
- funk Norwegian Nynorsk
- funk Danish
- funky Danish
- 放克 Chinese
- 魂克 Chinese