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funk 1
(fŭngk)n.
A strong, usually unpleasant smell; reek.
[Probably ultimately from a northern French dialectal source such as Picard and Walloon funquer, to produce smoke, from Vulgar Latin *fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre; see fumigate.]
funk 2
(fŭngk)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).
[Back-formation from funky.]
funk 3
(fŭngk)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.
[Probably from obsolete Flemish fonck, disturbance, agitation, of unknown origin.]
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funk
(fʌŋk)n
1. Also called: blue funk a state of nervousness, fear, or depression (esp in the phrase in a funk)
2. a coward
vb
3. to flinch from (responsibility) through fear
4. (tr; usually passive) to make afraid
[C18: university slang, perhaps related to funk2]
ˈfunker n
funk
(fʌŋk)n
slang US a strong foul odour
[C17 (in the sense: tobacco smoke): from funk (vb) to smoke (tobacco), probably of French dialect origin; compare Old French funkier to smoke, from Latin fūmigāre]
funk
(fʌŋk)n
(Pop Music) informal a type of polyrhythmic Black dance music with heavy syncopation
[C20: back formation from funky1]
Funk
(fʌŋk)n
(Biography) Casimir (ˈkæzɪˌmɪə). 1884–1967, US biochemist, born in Poland: studied and named vitamins
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funk1
(fʌŋk)n.
1. cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.
2. a dejected mood; depression.
v.t. 3. to be afraid of.
4. to frighten.
5. to shrink from; try to shirk.
v.i. 6. to shrink or quail in fear.
[1735–45]
funk′er, n.
funk2
(fʌŋk)n.
1. music having a funky quality.
2. the state or quality of being funky.
3. a strong smell; stench.
[1615–25]
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funk
Past participle: funked
Gerund: funking
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funk
A form of R&B music that became popular in the 1970s and which is often said to have originated with the 1970 James Brown single Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine. Funk is characterized by primordial emotions and extended improvisations around a simple musical theme.
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| Noun | 1. |  funk - a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"depression - a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
| 2. | 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 jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles | |
| Verb | 1. | funk - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shrink back, retract - pull away from a source of disgust or fear |
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funk
verb chicken out of, dodge, recoil from, take fright, flinch from, duck out of (informal), turn tail (informal) When the time came I funked it.
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funk
noun1. Ignoble lack of courage:
2. Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger:
affright, alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, horror, panic, terror, trepidation.
Slang: cold feet.
Idiom: fear and trembling.
3. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits:
blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness.
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Translations
ذُعْريَخاف، يَجْبُن، يَخْشى
bát sepanikastrachvyhýbat se
angstluske uden ompanikskræk
ofsahræîsla, skelfingòora ekki, draga sig í hlé
pabūgtipanika
bailesizvairītiesšausmas
hrozne sa báťplné nohavice
korkukorkup kaçmak
funk
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funk
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funk
(faŋk) noun (a state of) fear. He was in a funk over his exam.
verb not to do (something) because one is afraid. She funked the appointment.
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