funk meaning and definition

FUNK noun

Definition of funk (noun)

1. a state of nervous depression
   • "he was in a funk"
   • synonyms: blue funk
2. 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
3. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

FUNK verb

Definition of funk (verb)

1. draw back, as with fear or pain
   • "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
   • synonyms: cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince