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1. A state of nervous depression
   "he was in a funk";
   - blue funk
    
2. 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 music, phunk [non-standard]

1. Draw back, as with fear or pain
   "she funked when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";
   - flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail, blench

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)
   - Casimir Funk

Derived forms: funked, funks, funking

Type of: biochemist, depression, jazz, move

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