Overview of noun funk

The noun funk has 3 senses

• funk, blue funk -- (a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk")


• Funk, Casimir 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))


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

Overview of verb funk

The verb funk has 1 sense

• flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail -- (draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf")