funking
- present participle of funk.
Example Sentences
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After funking up Marymoor Park with an ace band in 2019, the 81-year-old progressive jazz great’s taking it inside to the Paramount Theatre’s more acoustically advanced surroundings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
Herbie Hancock played “Watermelon Man” in all of its Blue Note piano splendor before funking it up with a handheld synthesizer.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2016
"Everybody funking and don't know how," sang Clinton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2016
The troubadour goes optimistic in the title track before funking out on “Walking Like a Man” and the bluegrass-influenced “Roses in the Rain.”
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2015
And this was the oar They triumphantly won from a great rival crew; The cool-headed, steady-nerved Stroke, bound to score; The fellow who funking or failure ne'er knew.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 by Various
