funk3 (fungk)

[See funk3, v.] Cowering fear; a shrinking panic or scare; a state of cowardly fright or terror. [Colloq. or slang.] Pryce, usually brimful of valour when drunk, Now experienced what schoolboys denominate funk. Barham, In golds by Legends, I. 67. Martha was there with a little girl who was in a terri ble funk. She thought there were lions and tigers under the hedge. Mrs. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, xi. Blue funk. See blue.