funking

verb

present participle of funk
as in ducking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funking
  1. ducking
  2. avoiding
  3. dodging
  4. shaking
  5. shirking
  6. sidestepping
  7. evading
  8. eschewing
Verb
  • Singer said his opponent was ducking debates; Moskowitz said two was plenty.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The new business manager kept asking Darryl for his files; Darryl kept ducking him.
    — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ducking
Verb
  • Alternately, Senate leaders could wait to pass the bill until daylight saving time resumes next March, avoiding an awkward midwinter time jump.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • These guidelines address avoiding delays in pregnant women and discuss the safety to perform MRIs without contrast and CT scans with contrast.
    — Elyce Cardonick, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • Going out means dodging every kind of weapon, including mines scattered everywhere.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of dodging
Verb
  • The Catholic headquarters revealed that the two figures had linked up by sharing a photo on Instagram of them shaking hands.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Candidates make final push during last-minute campaigning Hochul spent Monday in New York City, shaking hands, taking selfies and even bowling a strike at a campaign rally in Brooklyn.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of shaking
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  • The production was full of nostalgia for an imagined past when the small screen was more ascendant and apolitical, with tributes to Charlie’s Angels and Dolly Parton shirking any embrace of the form’s progressive history.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Barnett’s death also inspired other Boeing employees to speak out about the company allegedly shirking quality standards to increase profit.
    — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of shirking
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  • But the war powers resolution has largely been ignored by presidents of both parties, with administrations sidestepping its requirements.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Becerra played it safe with reporters, sidestepping a question about why his party hadn’t made a bigger dent in California’s affordability crisis after 16 years in the governor’s office.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of sidestepping
Verb
  • Unfortunately for us, those tenants have evolved a sticky knack for evading eviction, creating a webbing known as biofilm that prevents them from being easily licked or swallowed away.
    — Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
  • State police said the evading vehicle is believed to be a white 2025-27 Hyundai Genesis GV70 with damage to the right side mirror, right headlight and right front fender.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of evading
Verb
  • My habit of eschewing the news started as FOMO prevention but gradually transformed into a way to avoid the mounting horrors beyond our door.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Denim brands appear to be tapping into an appetite for casual comfort, eschewing tight-fitting or rigid silhouettes for easy-to-wear staples that span occasions and seasonality.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of eschewing
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