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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
   - funk music, phunk [non-standard]
    
2. [informal] A state of nervous depression
   "he was in a funk";
   - blue funk [informal]
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] A foul smell

1. Draw back, as with fear or pain
   "she funked when they showed the slaughtering of the calf";
   - flinch, squinch [N. Amer], 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: funks, funking, funked

Type of: biochemist, depression, jazz, move

Encyclopedia: Funk, Patrick