funk

Funk means a feeling of being depressed or overwhelmed by anxiety or fear.

(noun)

An example of a funk is postpartum depression.

Funk is defined as to be afraid.

(verb)

An example of funk is going to a party and feeling anxious about talking to new people.

The definition of funk is a foul odor, or a type of R&B music with a heavy bassline that became popular in the 1970s.

(noun)

See funk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: < ? Fl fonck, dismay

intransitive verb

Informal to be afraid

transitive verb

noun

Obsolete a musty odor, as of moldy tobacco
☆ funky jazz
☆ a form of rhythm and blues popular since the 1970s in which highly syncopated polyrhythms are combined with a prominent, jerky bass line, minimal harmonic structure, and declamatory vocalizing

Origin: back-form < funky

See funk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

verb funked, funk·ing, funks

verb, transitive

verb, intransitive

To shrink in fright.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from obsolete Flemish fonck, disturbance, agitation

noun

Music
a. An earthy quality appreciated in music such as jazz or soul.
b. A type of popular music combining elements of jazz, blues, and soul and characterized by syncopated rhythm and a heavy, repetitive bass line.
Slang An unsophisticated quality or atmosphere of a region or locality: “The setting is country funk” (Nina Martin).

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from funky²

Polish-born American biochemist whose research of deficiency diseases led to his discovery of vitamins, which he named in 1912.

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