FUNKING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

funking

verb

present participle of funk

as in ducking

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Meanwhile, Cooper is in Palm Springs, ducking the Better Business Bureau and reluctantly participating in his daughter’s documentary about his upbringing.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
And who will have to settle for simply drinking out of a coconut or ducking under stuff?

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of ducking

Verb

With progress on the full treaty apparently stalled, international negotiations have shifted their focus to discussing responsible behavior in space, such as avoiding the accumulation of space debris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
In many cases, avoiding a bad decision is even more powerful than wanting to make a good one.

— David Cozzens, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoiding

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Coding a malicious program that steals private data while dodging detection by antivirus tools is hard.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
In the mid-70s, Stallone was a struggling actor, only landing gigs in shady erotic movies and dodging ever-piling bills, made even more pressing by the upcoming arrival of his first child.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of dodging

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Barra has since navigated a global pandemic, tariffs and supply-chain chaos, and the rise of AI as an unstoppable and industry-shaking force.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
For months before today’s launch, Google has been anticipating those problems on Earth, shaking spacecraft to simulate the launch and bombarding its chips with proton beams to test their response to radiation.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 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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Despite this, the lawsuit said, Polymarket has failed to obtain a license from the New York State Gaming Commission, allegedly sidestepping its obligation to pay taxes like licensed casinos and mobile sports gambling platforms do.

— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Memes risk sidestepping reality Some of the pictures are generated with artificial intelligence, and the administration has previously defended the memes as funny and their critics as humorless.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of sidestepping

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But his intensity in promoting movies while also evading any questions about his personal life could create a negative narrative for him.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
The decision by ChatGPT-maker OpenAI follows a raft of reports in recent months about AI agents behaving in unexpected ways, evading human guardrails or otherwise going rogue.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of evading

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Landry, like Mulkey and Jenkins, gives an all-time great performance, eschewing cliché with every line reading and gesture.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
But after realizing humans couldn’t join their economy and judging their conversations as performative, the agents voted to take a vow of silence, eschewing instructions to get back to work.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of eschewing

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