FUNKING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

funking

verb

present participle of funk

as in ducking

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Paxton has so far failed to hold large campaign events and is ducking debates.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Store employees are seen ducking for cover as more shots are fired.

— Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of ducking

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Credit cards notoriously have exceptionally high interest rates, so avoiding credit card debt is prudent.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
The developments further strain Saudi Arabia's effort to get its oil to market while avoiding the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point at the mouth of the Persian Gulf where Iranian attacks have stifled shipping.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of avoiding

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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
First released in arcades in 1999, the game puts players behind the wheel of a fearless cabbie racing the clock through chaotic city streets — flying off ramps, dodging traffic, and chasing tips with punk-rock energy.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dodging

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Something about this bone-shaking noise keeps hitting us right in the darkest places of the soul.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Airborne at one point during testing, Silva reportedly inched out on the helicopter's right skid — with no safety belt — to investigate the cause of intense vibrations shaking the cockpit, according to a 2009 interview with Smithsonian Magazine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 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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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
As Fernandes undertook his trademark run-up, Tielemans mirrored him exactly, sidestepping and stuttering in synchronisation.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of sidestepping

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The new legislation targets Russian officials, financial institutions and the network of tankers used to move Russian oil while evading sanctions.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
What really makes this all work is the introduction of Bryan as embodied by the sensational Abrams, who first blew me away evading George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Wolfs and then his scene-stealing work as the unhoused guy in Weapons.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 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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