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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024funk1 /fʌŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a dejected mood;
depression:been in a funk all day.
funk2 /fʌŋk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Music and Dancemusic having a funky quality.
- the state or quality of being funky.
- a strong smell;
stench.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024funk1 (fungk),USA pronunciation n. - cowering fear;
state of great fright or terror. - a dejected mood:He's been in a funk ever since she walked out on him.
v.t. - to be afraid of.
- to frighten.
- to shrink from;
try to shirk.
v.i. - to shrink or quail in fear.
- early Dutch dialect, dialectal fonck
- perh. 1735–45
- Music, Music and Dancemusic having a funky quality.
- Musicthe state or quality of being funky.
- Musica strong smell;
stench.
- Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre; see fumigate
- North French dialect, dialectal funquier, funquer give off smoke, Old North French fungier
- perh. 1615–25
Cas•i•mir (kaz′ə mēr′),USA pronunciation 1884–1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: funk /fʌŋk/ informal chiefly Brit n - Also called: blue funk a state of nervousness, fear, or depression (esp in the phrase in a funk)
- a coward
vb - to flinch from (responsibility) through fear
- (tr; usually passive) to make afraid
Etymology: 18th Century: university slang, perhaps related to funk² funk /fʌŋk/ n - informal a type of polyrhythmic Black dance music with heavy syncopation
Etymology: 20th Century: back formation from funky1 |