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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

I met Helena Lunardelli, the co-owner of Caju, a colorful, quirky concept store selling funky international fashion and vintage Portuguese decor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 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

And that’s how it happened…minus the dancing trees and funky feet.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

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

Cheese: Parmigiano-Reggiano is classic, but try Manchego or Pecorino for a funkier edge.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2025

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

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2024

But this is a looser, funkier show than its inspiration, puncturing the occasionally stifling solemnity of “The Walking Dead” with good old-fashioned B-movie gags and thrills.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2022

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

Robertson’s lyrics are teasingly playful but they’re nearly overshadowed by a lithe clavinet part by Hudson that places the song among the funkiest records by a rock band in the late 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2023

“She was just the funkiest, silliest, most wonderful person,” said Giffen, who remembered talking with Olds about a customer complaint Monday.

From Seattle Times Mar. 25, 2021

Headon’s killer drum intro fires one of the rhythm section’s funkiest grooves.

From The Guardian Jan. 9, 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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