Funky

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  funky
       
          Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange,
          {kluge}y 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}]