funker

See also: Funker

English

Etymology

funk +‎ -er

Noun

funker (plural funkers)

  1. One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
    • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Florence, Italy: […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎, Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:
      You say a man's got no brain, when he's a fool: and no heart, when he's mean; and no stomach, when he's a funker. And when he's got none of that spunky wild bit of a man in him, you say he's got no balls.
  2. (euphemistic, slang) Bowdlerization of fucker.
    That Funker should be in prison!

Danish

Verb

funker

  1. present of funke
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