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
  • Deputies quickly detained Mendiola after witnesses, who were ducking for cover, pointed him out.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton has so far failed to hold large campaign events and is ducking debates.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of ducking
Verb
  • The growing range of treatment options marks a shift from seeking a cure to focusing on avoiding the disease entirely.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • These are the transition costs buried inside the transformation of our energy and food systems, of avoiding those future degrees of warming.
    — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • 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
  • If teachers unions put as much effort into improving test scores as dodging accountability, students in New York’s public schools would have markedly better chances for success in life.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of dodging
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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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“Funking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funking. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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