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
  • The route is winding and rolling, ducking inland through forest and prairie before curving back to hug the lake’s shoreline, with lots of turnoffs to stop and take in the views.
    — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 9 July 2026
  • Some of them wear face paint, camouflage uniforms, and ghillie suits — ducking in and out of foxholes cut into the ground.
    — Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
Definition of ducking
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  • Balancing the risks of using AI agents versus the threat of avoiding them is a work in progress with no clear answers for now.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • The Irish notwithstanding, this year appears more manageable, avoiding Indiana, Ohio State, Oregon and Michigan in Big Ten play.
    — Justin Williams, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • Others edited footage of themselves dodging police barricades to mimic the popular endless runner mobile game Subway Surfers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Tokyo did the same in the 1990s — dodging its banking crisis with zero rates, a weak yen, and endless bailouts, treating symptoms while the disease spread.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of dodging
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  • Lopez met with The Club’s HOA board to discuss safety concerns that homeowners said were caused by overcrowded units, such as a shaking elevator that dropped multiple floors and water leaking into hallways.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Republicans would emphasize border security and an economy that was finally shaking off years of high inflation.
    — Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of shaking
Verb
  • Legal Aid argued that the state was shirking its obligation to keep her and her children safely housed.
    — Spencer Norris, ProPublica, 9 July 2026
  • But more than ever before, Nouel said, women are shirking the expectations of previous generations and considering all of their options to happiness, instead of staying in relationships that don't serve them.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of shirking
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  • The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to help speed up the deployment of US military space systems by sidestepping the Pentagon’s traditional sluggish bureaucracy.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • PortaSplit’s outdoor unit clips onto a window bracket, needs no drilling, and is classified as furniture rather than a fixture — sidestepping facade-modification bans in cities like Paris.
    — Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of sidestepping
Verb
  • Johnson was arrested and faces charges of evading arrest/detention and discharging a firearm, police said.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Garcia entered a plea and was convicted of evading police officers before his trial began last month.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of evading
Verb
  • Local luxury labels have been somewhat subtler, eschewing obvious iconography while integrating Chinese philosophies into their branding.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • At the same time, people embrace talking freely about the experience, eschewing shame, with hashtags like #ShoutYourAbortion.
    — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 25 June 2026
Definition of eschewing
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“Funking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funking. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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