funky

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   stylish and modern in an unconventional way

   I like funky clothes.

2. 2
   adj

   Not quite right; of questionable quality; not appropriate to the context.

   By the tone of her voice I could tell she had a funky attitude, but I kept my head under the covers and didn't say shit.

3. 3
   adj

   Cool; great; excellent.

   Eight-bit Arkanoid is a funky game — not as sexy as its 16-bit sister, but fun to spend time with. I'm hooked.

4. 4
   adj

   Having a foul or unpleasant smell.

   They could scarcely bear their knowledge, nor could they have borne the sight of Rufus, but they knew why he was in the streets tonight, why he rode subways all night long, why his stomach growled, why his hair was nappy, his armpits funky, his pants and shoes too thin, and why he did not dare to stop and take a leak.

5. 5
   adj

   in a state of cowardly fright

6. 6
   adj

   (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

7. 7
   adj

   offensively malodorous

8. 8
   adj

   Offbeat, unconventional or eccentric.

Etymology

From funk + -y.