n. | 1. | An offensive smell; a stench. | |||
2. | One who funks; a shirk; a coward. | ||||
3. | a state of fear. | ||||
4. | a mildly depressed state of mind; - often used in the phrase | ||||
1. | an earthy, seemingly unsophisticated style of jazz music having elements of black American blues and gospel. | ||||
v. t. | 1. | To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. | |||
2. | To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); | ||||
3. | To frighten; to cause to flinch. | ||||
v. i. | 1. | To emit an offensive smell; to stink. | |||
2. | To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch;
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n. | 1. | A shrinking back through fear. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: blue funk |
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) Synonyms: Casimir Funk | |
Verb | 1. | funk - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |