funky

funk‧y /ˈfʌŋki/ BrE AmE adjective informal
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: ⇨ ↑funk(3)]
1. modern, fashionable, and interesting:
Add a touch of style with these functional yet funky wall lights.
2. funky music is simple with a strong ↑rhythm that is easy to dance to
3. American English having a bad smell or a dirty appearance

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

funky

funky [funky funkier funkiest] [fʌŋki] [fʌŋki] adjective (funk·ier, funki·est)(informal)
1. (of pop music) with a strong rhythm that is easy to dance to

• a funky disco beat

2. (approving) fashionable and unusual

• She wears really funky clothes.

3. (NAmE) having a strong unpleasant smell
Word Origin:

late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘smelling strong or bad’): from the noun funk.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

funky / ˈfʌŋ.ki / adjective slang (FASHIONABLE)

fashionable in an unusual and noticeable way:

She has some really funky clothes.

funky / ˈfʌŋ.ki / adjective (MUSIC)

describes 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.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

funky

[fʌ̱ŋki]
funkier, funkiest
1) ADJ-GRADED Funky jazz, blues, or pop music has a very strong, repeated bass part.
It's a funky sort of rhythm.
2) ADJ-GRADED (approval) If you describe something or someone as funky, you like them because they are unconventional or unusual. [mainly AM, INFORMAL]
It had a certain funky charm, I guess, but it wasn't much of a place to raise a kid.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

funky

funky /ˈfʌŋki/ adj funk·i·er; -est
1 : having the style or feeling of funk music
• funky music
• The music had a funky beat.
2 informal : stylish or appealing in an unusual way
• We had dinner at a funky little Italian restaurant.
• a funky bar
3 US : having a strange or unpleasant odor
• Something in the closet smells a little funky.