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
Verb
  • The good news is that the brand is still recoverable, avoiding stage 5, capitulation to irrelevance.
    — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This time, the Yankees prevailed by a hair, beating Los Angeles, 2-1, and avoiding a series sweep.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • Now some buyers are dodging the bills by opting for newer buildings instead.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • With drinks in hand and dodging pop-up rainstorms Saturday afternoon, neighbors crowded on Ravenswood Avenue for an afternoon of beer tasting and community camaraderie.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Definition of dodging
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  • He is later seen greeting incarcerated men in the prison canteen, shaking hands and performing with several inmates serving as his backing band.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Jelly then enters the prison canteen, greeting hundreds of other inmates and shaking their hands.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of shaking
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  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • In the state litigation against Kalshi, evading these taxes is often prominently highlighted.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • Fuselier was charged with evading arrest early on Tuesday, July 14, as authorities gathered more evidence for additional charges, police said.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 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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