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funky

[fuhng-kee] / ˈfʌŋ ki /
ADJECTIVE
offbeat
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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

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

Located just over an hour away from his Malibu Colony retreat, the funky dwelling, which is set on 5.7 acres, has a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

We hear the underdog aesthetic term rasquachismo used to describe these early impromptu performances: essentially a colorful funkiness, “so funky that nothing can undermine you,” Valdez says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Ever since failing to make the national team, I’d been in a funky mood.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 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

When it came to power in 2021, after 16 years of Angela Merkel's conservative-led government, the new coalition promised a younger, funkier, more liberal Germany.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023

When the songs were … funkier — and I use that designation extremely loosely — his performance felt more full.

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

Try to find an ensemble, from the staunchest to the funkiest, that hasn’t gotten into the act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2022

The years-in-the-making project, which would raze a sizable chunk of Seattle’s funkiest nightlife corridor, contributed to the closure of Tula’s Jazz Club and Shorty’s punk/metal pinball dive, though Shorty’s found new digs nearby.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2020

In my roaming, I discovered North Arlington’s wildest house, North Arlington’s funkiest address numbers, and North Arlington’s coolest mailbox:

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2020

This time it concerns the funkiest Triple Crown season yet hatched and whether a potential Triple Crown winner ought to get listed forever with the spriggy little dot.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 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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