Funky
adjective
Different, modern, and creative in a way that is unusual.
She's got a funky style that's all her own.
Often appears as...
- funky style
- funky music
adjective
Relating to funk music, or music that is funky.
I love the funky rhythm of this track.
Often appears as...
- funky rhythm
- funky track
adjective
Having a strong, unpleasant smell, usually because it is old or dirty.
The left-over food is funky, you should throw it out.
Often appears as...
- funky smell
- funky shoes
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Different, modern, and creative in a way that is unusual.
She's got a funky style that's all her own.
Often appears as...
- funky style
- funky music
adjective
Relating to funk music, or music that is funky.
I love the funky rhythm of this track.
Often appears as...
- funky rhythm
- funky track
adjective
Having a strong, unpleasant smell, usually because it is old or dirty.
The left-over food is funky, you should throw it out.
Often appears as...
- funky smell
- funky shoes
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Culturally Edgy
Implies an avant-garde style or attitude that breaks from the mainstream.
Her funky dress sense really stands out at the office.
Pro Tip 2/3Playfully Creative
Denotes creativity with a fun or quirky twist.
He added some funky graphics to his presentation.
Pro Tip 3/3Unconventionally Modern
Suggests a new, offbeat approach to being contemporary.
They've got some funky ideas for the new app.
Pro Tip 1/3Culturally Edgy
Implies an avant-garde style or attitude that breaks from the mainstream.
Her funky dress sense really stands out at the office.
Pro Tip 2/3Playfully Creative
Denotes creativity with a fun or quirky twist.
He added some funky graphics to his presentation.
Pro Tip 3/3Unconventionally Modern
Suggests a new, offbeat approach to being contemporary.
They've got some funky ideas for the new app.
Pro Tip 1/3Culturally Edgy
Implies an avant-garde style or attitude that breaks from the mainstream.
Her funky dress sense really stands out at the office.
Pro Tip 2/3Playfully Creative
Denotes creativity with a fun or quirky twist.
He added some funky graphics to his presentation.
Pro Tip 3/3Unconventionally Modern
Suggests a new, offbeat approach to being contemporary.
They've got some funky ideas for the new app.
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Video examples
The Real-Life MacGyver...
photography has you fired up check out the show notes we have plenty of photos of arctic wolves the sage grouse as captured by the funky bird train and a super slo-mo of cheetah running at top speed you gotta check this out it's crazy also for world oceans day learn more
Video examples
Mike deGruy: Hooked by...
Down you go. There's no connection to the surface apart from a pretty funky radio. And as you go down, the washing machine at the surface calms down. And it gets quiet. And it starts getting really nice. And as you go deeper, that lovely, blue water you were launched in
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What a World Champion...
the techniques that people use for example I've developed all these funky techniques is the regular lip whistle but I can also whistle with my tongue and then go so I use those as embellishments to mimic an instrument or to add diversity and it really helps me
Video examples
This Fungus Turns...
creatures and will settle on the ground to grow and produce the mushrooms we're most familiar with but some parasitic funky like types of masosporer and cordyceps have a different more sinister purpose once they land on insects like these
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Mattias Klum: Lions,...
was very much attracted to this sulphite area here so I wanted to see whether I could because I had some clouds this way there was quite funky so I said to the pilot could you please go down to this place in it you have to ask yourself
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The world’s most...
And during digestion, mammalian gut bacteria breaks down sulfur and amino acids containing sulfur to produce hydrogen disulphide, a gas with a smell resembling rotten eggs. Seals and sea lions can’t help their funky flatulence,
Video examples
Juan Enriquez: The...
it may not turn out to be chips. It may turn out to be something that looks a little like that amoeba. And, again, we're learning from life and how life works. This funky little people didn't used to think
Video examples
David Holt: The stories...
Oh yeah, that's easier said than done. While you can hardly move, they're running around having all kinds of fun. Sometimes I think it's better just to sink way down in your funky mood
Video examples
How America's public...
there are things we can do on a macro level. School funding should not be decided by property taxes or some funky economic equation where rich kids continue to benefit from state aid,
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
speak today about my younger brother Bob he's the little guy in that funky
Video examples
The Real-Life MacGyver...
photography has you fired up check out the show notes we have plenty of photos of arctic wolves the sage grouse as captured by the funky bird train and a super slo-mo of cheetah running at top speed you gotta check this out it's crazy also for world oceans day learn more
Video examples
Mike deGruy: Hooked by...
Down you go. There's no connection to the surface apart from a pretty funky radio. And as you go down, the washing machine at the surface calms down. And it gets quiet. And it starts getting really nice. And as you go deeper, that lovely, blue water you were launched in
Video examples
What a World Champion...
the techniques that people use for example I've developed all these funky techniques is the regular lip whistle but I can also whistle with my tongue and then go so I use those as embellishments to mimic an instrument or to add diversity and it really helps me
Video examples
This Fungus Turns...
creatures and will settle on the ground to grow and produce the mushrooms we're most familiar with but some parasitic funky like types of masosporer and cordyceps have a different more sinister purpose once they land on insects like these
Video examples
Mattias Klum: Lions,...
was very much attracted to this sulphite area here so I wanted to see whether I could because I had some clouds this way there was quite funky so I said to the pilot could you please go down to this place in it you have to ask yourself
Video examples
The world’s most...
And during digestion, mammalian gut bacteria breaks down sulfur and amino acids containing sulfur to produce hydrogen disulphide, a gas with a smell resembling rotten eggs. Seals and sea lions can’t help their funky flatulence,
Video examples
Juan Enriquez: The...
it may not turn out to be chips. It may turn out to be something that looks a little like that amoeba. And, again, we're learning from life and how life works. This funky little people didn't used to think
Video examples
David Holt: The stories...
Oh yeah, that's easier said than done. While you can hardly move, they're running around having all kinds of fun. Sometimes I think it's better just to sink way down in your funky mood
Video examples
How America's public...
there are things we can do on a macro level. School funding should not be decided by property taxes or some funky economic equation where rich kids continue to benefit from state aid,
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
speak today about my younger brother Bob he's the little guy in that funky
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Andre Benjamin
American Musician
When the OutKast sound changed and I started producing my own records, I would mirror what I thought that character doing that music would look like. As the sound got a little wilder, freakier and funkier, so did the clothes. Then when the sound got more sophisticated, the clothes changed again.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
I thought I was a hippie, bro. I wore Birkenstocks every day. I went to a Christian high school, so I was pretty funky. The teachers didn't give me a hard time, though, even though I was totally way out of line in terms of my dress code.
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Charles Bradley
American Musician
James Brown came from that hard, rough life that I came from. He took the blues and added rhythm to it. And he always had the most funkiest band; I liked the way he took his words and mixed it in with the band.
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Alan Furst
American Author
Seattle's support system got me through those early, difficult years. It was a very funky, very friendly, very relaxed place that had it all for a writer.
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Asin
Indian Actress
I'm not afraid of colours. In fact, I love them. I like experimenting and wear funky colours for fun.
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Patrick Stump
American Musician
Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Jason Bonham
English Musician
I always say dad was a lot more funky than people think.
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George Clinton
American Musician
Well, I try to be as funky as I need to get.
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Robert Trujillo
American Musician
I think Slayer is a funky band.
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SZA
American Musician
I was a funky kid.
Quote examples
Andre Benjamin
American Musician
When the OutKast sound changed and I started producing my own records, I would mirror what I thought that character doing that music would look like. As the sound got a little wilder, freakier and funkier, so did the clothes. Then when the sound got more sophisticated, the clothes changed again.
Quote examples
Paul Walker
American Actor
I thought I was a hippie, bro. I wore Birkenstocks every day. I went to a Christian high school, so I was pretty funky. The teachers didn't give me a hard time, though, even though I was totally way out of line in terms of my dress code.
Quote examples
Charles Bradley
American Musician
James Brown came from that hard, rough life that I came from. He took the blues and added rhythm to it. And he always had the most funkiest band; I liked the way he took his words and mixed it in with the band.
Quote examples
Alan Furst
American Author
Seattle's support system got me through those early, difficult years. It was a very funky, very friendly, very relaxed place that had it all for a writer.
Quote examples
Asin
Indian Actress
I'm not afraid of colours. In fact, I love them. I like experimenting and wear funky colours for fun.
Quote examples
Patrick Stump
American Musician
Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
Quote examples
Jason Bonham
English Musician
I always say dad was a lot more funky than people think.
Quote examples
George Clinton
American Musician
Well, I try to be as funky as I need to get.
Quote examples
Robert Trujillo
American Musician
I think Slayer is a funky band.
Quote examples
SZA
American Musician
I was a funky kid.
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