be afraid; cower in fear; frighten; escape; avoid
fear, terror (Slang); coward (Slang); type of jazz
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Funk Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
(v. i.)
To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
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.
To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.
(n.)
An offensive smell; a stench.
An offensive smell; a stench.
(n.)
Alt. of Funking
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAlt. of Funking
funk
\funk\ (?), n. one who funks; a shirk; a coward. [colloq.]
funk
\funk\, v. t.
1. to funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task. [colloq.]
2. to frighten; to cause to flinch. [colloq.] [
funk
\funk\ (?), n. [oe. funke a little fire; akin to prov. e. funk touchwood, g. funke spark, and perh. to goth. f&?;n fire.] an offensive smell; a stench. [low]
funk
\funk\, v. t. to envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [obs.]
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.] kingsley.
similar words(3)
to funk out
casimir funk
peter funk
1. cowering fear; state of fright or terror; 2. one who funks; coward; 3. be afraid of; 4. Frighten; 5. shrink from; try to shirk (originally British slang (18th C.); entering US and Australian English in the 19th C.; apprently originally Oxford university slang; the earliest citation of this word (1743) suggests a derviation from Flemish “fonck” = “tumult”, “disturbance”); 6. (music) type of up-tempo soul music with much syncopation (backformation from “funky”)
place of refuge from something feared
1. a coward
2. the essence of being, as in faking the funk
3. anything attractive or beautiful
4. tobacco smoke
2. the essence of being, as in faking the funk
3. anything attractive or beautiful
4. tobacco smoke
Noun
1. 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)
(synonym) Casimir Funk
(hypernym) biochemist
Noun
1. a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"
(synonym) blue funk
(hypernym) depression
Verb
1. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
(synonym) flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) shrink back, retract
Funk Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Funk Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing it from R&B and soul songs, which are centered on chord progressions.
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Funk Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
1) (adj) Malodorous. 2) (n) The essence of being, as in faking the funk.
1) (adj) Malodorous.
2) (n) The essence of being, as in faking the funk.
2) (n) The essence of being, as in faking the funk.
