Definition of funk

Overview of noun funk

The noun funk has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. funk, blue funk

(a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk")

2. Funk, Casimir 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)

Overview of verb funk

The verb funk has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

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

(draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf")