funk out

verb3

1. •
   To malfunction.

   • “I don't know; we've lost line-of-sight, and I think my com is funking out, too. Maybe the static discharge shorted it out. We're gonna have to backtrack and find everybody.” — 2012
2. •
   To rock out to funk music.

   • Maupin shines, particularly at 4:48 where he funks out, completely eschewing the tempo and expanding the palette of the band. — 2018
3. •
   (dialect, old-fashioned) To back out in a cowardly way; to chicken out.

   • “What! why not? what's the meaning of this? are you funking out of it? You're all a set of cowards.” — 1887