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Funk

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Noun

1. blue funk, funk

a state of nervous depression

Example Sentences:
'he was in a funk'

2. casimir funk, funk

United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)

3. funk

an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

Verb

4. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

draw back, as with fear or pain

Example Sentences:
'she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Funk

see synonyms of funk
noun
1. Also called: blue funk
a state of nervousness, fear, or depression (esp in the phrase in a funk)
2. 
a coward
verb
3. 
to flinch from (responsibility) through fear
4. (tr; usually passive)
to make afraid
noun
US slang
a strong foul odour
noun
informal
a type of polyrhythmic Black dance music with heavy syncopation
noun
Casimir (ˈkæzɪˌmɪə). 1884–1967, US biochemist, born in Poland: studied and named vitamins

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Funk

see synonyms of funk
noun Informal
1. 
the condition of being greatly afraid or in a panic
2. 
a low, depressed mood
: also blue funk
verb intransitive
3.  Informal
to be afraid
verb transitive Informal
4. 
to be afraid of
5. 
to avoid as because of fear; shrink from
noun
1.  Obsolete
a musty odor, as of moldy tobacco
2.  US
funky jazz
3.  US
a form of rhythm and blues popular since the 1970s in which highly syncopated polyrhythms are combined with a prominent, jerky bass line, minimal harmonic structure, and declamatory vocalizing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Funk

see synonyms of funk
n.
A strong, usually unpleasant smell; reek.
n.
1. Music
a. A hearty or earthy quality appreciated in music such as jazz or soul.
b. A type of popular music combining elements of jazz, blues, and soul and characterized by syncopated rhythm and a heavy, repetitive bassline.
2. Slang An unsophisticated quality or atmosphere of a region or locality: "The setting is country funk" (Nina Martin).
n.
1.
a. A state of cowardly fright; a panic.
b. A state of severe depression.
2. A cowardly, fearful person.
v. funked, funk·ing, funks
v.tr.
1. To shrink from in fright or dread.
2. To be afraid of.
v.intr.
To shrink in fright.
Polish-born American biochemist who identified substances in food that prevent nutritional deficiency diseases and called these substances vitamins.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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