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funky

[fuhng-kee] / ˈfʌŋ ki /
ADJECTIVE
offbeat
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Decorated with funky green wallpaper, the office is an inspiring corner of the home.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Carr uses a “Shaft”-like wah-wah guitar lick supported by a funky bass and churning drums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“I’ve been with this show for years in all its different iterations,” Kilgore tells me as we wait for Folger in the theater’s funky, popcorn-scented lobby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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

I guess Dr. K is feeling funky, rocking her yellow-and-green Roos and a yellow-and-red shirt that I think is what batik means and a leather vest.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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

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

Shout out to future “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who joined Journey for “Raised on Radio” and proceeded to lay down the slinkiest, sultriest, funkiest bass line the band had ever known.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

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

From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020

Los Angeles’ funkiest rapper/singer/drummer is riding high on the heels of two new albums infusing contemporary West Coast hip-hop with vintage sunny-day soul — with April’s “Ventura” faring considerably better than the uneven “Oxnard.”

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2019

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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