'To funk out' definitions:

Definition of 'To funk out'

From: GCIDE
  • Funk \Funk\, v. i.
  • 1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
  • To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell (Biglow Papers). Funk