funk

noun

  1. 1

    an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

  2. 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)

  3. 3

    a state of nervous depression

    he was in a funk

verb

  1. 1

    draw back, as with fear or pain

    she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

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