funkyadjective
uk/ˈfʌŋ.ki/us/ˈfʌŋ.ki/funky adjective (MUSIC)
used to describe a style of music, usually for dancing to, with a strong rhythm based on jazz and a tune that repeats:
Have you heard their new record? It's really funky.
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funk
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- R & B
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad
- twelve-bar blues
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funky adjective (FASHIONABLE)
slang fashionable in an unusual and noticeable way:
She has some really funky clothes.
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Modern & fashionable
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be having a moment idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- be the new sth idiom
- get with the programme idiom
- happening
- high-tech
- hip
- hipster
- it
- minute 1
- programme
- sharp
- smart
- state-of-the-art
- street cred
- swinger
- swinging
- switched on
- à la mode
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funky adjective (BAD)
US informal having a bad smell or appearance:
The sour cream smells kind of funky.