funker

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noun

One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.

“That Funker should be in prison!”

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Meanings

nounfunker (plural funkers)

plural funkers

  1. One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.

    You say a man's got no brain, when he's a fool: and no heart, when he's mean; and no stomach, when he's a funker. And when he's got none of that spunky wild bit of a man in him, you say he's got no balls.

    1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020
  2. euphemisticslangBowdlerization of fucker.

    That Funker should be in prison!

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

From funk + -er.

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APA

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MLA

“funker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funker.

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