FUNK (3)

Funk, v. i. 1. 1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. 2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. C. Kingsley.
To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. To funk right out o' political strife. Lowell (Biglow Papers).