funk
noun
cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.
had funked
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past perfectof funk.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some of my green men had funked just at the crucial moment, and I had all but shot one.
From Four Days The Story of a War Marriage by Hetty Hemenway
At the eviction a man had funked, frightened out of his seven senses.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
If you believe what they say, you would think that every officer had either bungled or had funked the fight.
From Captain Macklin by Richard Harding Davis
Yet his manner, when he did put in an appearance, conveyed absolutely no impression; as St. John afterwards informed his wife he believed that Markham had funked it.
From The Triumph of Jill by F.E. Mills Young
I had funked the place in the foggy twilight, and it does not do to let a matter like that slide.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
