<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.</li><li>a dejected mood:<ul><li>He's been in a funk ever since she walked out on him.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) British: to shrink from; try to shirk:<ul><li>We can only say that the government has funked its responsibility.</li></ul></li><li>(used without object) British: to shrink or quail in fear:<ul><li>He funked at nothing, and could lick every boy in the neighborhood.</li></ul></li></ul>