"funk out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "funks out",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "funk out (third-person singular simple present funks out, present participle funking out, simple past and past participle funked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers",
          "text": "to funk right out o' p'lit'cal strife",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, Frederick Whsihaw (translator), Fyodor Dostoevsky (original), The Gambler",
          "text": "“What! why not? what's the meaning of this? are you funking out of it? You're all a set of cowards.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out."
      ],
      "id": "en-funk_out-en-verb-K4A1UDtR",
      "links": [
        [
          "back out",
          "back out"
        ],
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ],
        [
          "chicken out",
          "chicken out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or dialectal) To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, W. G. Marshall, Enormity",
          "text": "“I don't know; we've lost line-of-sight, and I think my com is funking out, too. Maybe the static discharge shorted it out. We're gonna have to backtrack and find everybody.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Mark Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Defender",
          "text": "Jack did not like it when his technology funked out, but with forty-three Marines keeping careful watch, he could at least search with the Mark I eyeball.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To malfunction."
      ],
      "id": "en-funk_out-en-verb--bBZqbm3",
      "links": [
        [
          "malfunction",
          "malfunction"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Eric Wendell, Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion",
          "text": "Maupin shines, particularly at 4:48 where he funks out, completely eschewing the tempo and expanding the palette of the band.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Kelly Siskind, The Beat Match",
          "text": "Dancing, energized, smiling at Wes, who was dressed to the nines with his cuffs rolled and slacks ironed, funking out to the tunes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rock out to funk music."
      ],
      "id": "en-funk_out-en-verb-sD9nnkdj",
      "links": [
        [
          "rock out",
          "rock out"
        ],
        [
          "funk",
          "funk"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "funk out"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "funks out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funking out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funked out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "funked out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "funk out (third-person singular simple present funks out, present participle funking out, simple past and past participle funked out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers",
          "text": "to funk right out o' p'lit'cal strife",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, Frederick Whsihaw (translator), Fyodor Dostoevsky (original), The Gambler",
          "text": "“What! why not? what's the meaning of this? are you funking out of it? You're all a set of cowards.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back out",
          "back out"
        ],
        [
          "cowardly",
          "cowardly"
        ],
        [
          "chicken out",
          "chicken out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or dialectal) To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, W. G. Marshall, Enormity",
          "text": "“I don't know; we've lost line-of-sight, and I think my com is funking out, too. Maybe the static discharge shorted it out. We're gonna have to backtrack and find everybody.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Mark Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Defender",
          "text": "Jack did not like it when his technology funked out, but with forty-three Marines keeping careful watch, he could at least search with the Mark I eyeball.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To malfunction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malfunction",
          "malfunction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Eric Wendell, Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion",
          "text": "Maupin shines, particularly at 4:48 where he funks out, completely eschewing the tempo and expanding the palette of the band.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Kelly Siskind, The Beat Match",
          "text": "Dancing, energized, smiling at Wes, who was dressed to the nines with his cuffs rolled and slacks ironed, funking out to the tunes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rock out to funk music."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock out",
          "rock out"
        ],
        [
          "funk",
          "funk"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "funk out"
}