funky

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At the same time, the group also fosters what it has referred to as a funky side project, labeled Infinite Canvas, now in Alpha stage.

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  1. adjective Frightened; panicky.
  2. adjective Having a moldy or musty smell: funky cheese; funky cellars.
  3. adjective Having a strong, offensive, unwashed odor.
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  • Maybe everybody would assume the funky, antennaelike strands protruding from her head hadn't sprung up until after she'd left the house. —  Ledbetter, Suzann - North of Clever
  • The more funky, the sexier its supposed to be. so boy raise them stinky, funky pits and open those funky legs and spread them oily butt cheeks-add to the ambience!!! lauri Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10: 13 PM EST —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I don't know if the video card could have anything to do with it, but it's kind of funky (for a better word), that has a plug for monitor, plus two s-video type, and a coaxial like hook up. —  PCLinuxOS-Forums
  • Now Citroen has announced prices for the funky-looking C3 Picasso, with ownership available from £11,495 for the entry level car, featuring a 1. 4VTi 16v engine in VT trim. —  Manchester Evening News Blogs
  • I actually really think the beat is pretty funky, and according to our friends at —  CONCRETELOOP.COM
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  1. From funk, strong smell, tobacco smoke, perhaps from French dialectal funquer, to give off smoke, from Old French fungier, from Latin fūmigāre; see fumigate.

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  1. from funic.
  2. from funk+ -y.
 

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