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
   "The band's funk groove had the audience moving";
   - phunk [non-standard], funk music
    
2. [informal] A state of nervous depression
   "he was in a funk";
   - blue funk [informal]
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] A foul smell
   "There was a funk of stale cigarettes in the room"

1. Draw back, as with fear or pain
   "He funked at the sight of the needle";
   - 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: funked, funking, funks

Type of: biochemist, depression, jazz, move

Encyclopedia: Funk, Patrick