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)

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An offensive smell; a stench.

Noun
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)

Noun
a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

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

n.
An offensive smell; a stench.

v. t.
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

v. i.
To emit an offensive smell; to stink.

v. i.
To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.

n.
Alt. of Funking

Funk

Funk , n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. fn fire.] An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]

Funk

Funk, v. t. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] King.

Funk

Funk, v. i. 1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink. 2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] C. Kingsley. To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]

To funk right out o' political strife.

An offensive smell; a stench.

To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

To emit an offensive smell; to stink.

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Usage Examples

Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk.

But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.

When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.