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funky

[fuhng-kee] / ˈfʌŋ ki /
ADJECTIVE
offbeat
Synonyms


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For decades, it had been a funky hippie beach place, then it became chic and considerably more expensive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Kulgod's co-founder Itamar Bitan, 28, who spent four years in an Israeli special-forces canine unit, said the dogs were trained using "positive reinforcement" to detect a "specific funky smell" for a reward.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The result is something between an aromatic fritter and a funky soufflé.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Though Root did at least allow Tongue three slips and two leg slips for his hat-trick ball after tea, he stuck with three for the most part here and barely ventured into the funky.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

And my bangs are' all funky, too, so you can see the patches above my eyebrows.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

While the exterior features a traditional red brick facade, the interior follows a much funkier black-and-white theme throughout the main living spaces.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

It’s a return to their powers, now funkier than ever.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024

Cheeses made from that particular strain, however, would be slightly funkier and vary in appearance.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024

It is funkier and grittier than the others that precede it, no doubt because of the chemistry that existed between Williams, the bassist Ronnie Boykins and the legendary drummer Roy Haynes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

He released his latest track Heatwave in February, which his label describes as a "piano house" with "funkier UK" influences.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2022

The funkiest thing a “radioactive shrimp” would do—that is, if you put a radiation sensor over such a crustacean, says Pillai—is beep.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

It was arguably the funkiest kids show in history; “Sesame Street” could be pretty funky, it’s true, but it never put Questlove, Bootsy Collins, Biz Markie, Mark Mothersbaugh and Erykah Badu onstage together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

“It wasn’t helping me to express the loudness, to be the funkiest, to embody the story,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

Cellphone’s Dead may have Beck’s funkiest bassline, but for brute force, Devil’s Haircut wins with its insistent three-note riff copied from I Can Only Give You Everything by the 60s Northern Irish rockers Them.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2020

Morality is mostly funk, and I think you’re the funkiest man I ever came across in my travels. 

From Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad


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