1. (noun) funk, blue funk
a state of nervous depression
Synonyms: funk, blue funk
2. (noun) Funk, Casimir Funk
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)
Synonyms: blue funk
3. (verb) funk
an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
Synonyms: blue funk
4. (verb) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
draw back, as with fear or pain
Synonyms: rebound, cower, bound, shrivel up, reverberate, quail, shrink, flinch, funk, shrivel, grovel, spring, ricochet, kick back, cringe, take a hop, wither, backfire, bounce, backlash, resile, reduce, wince, kick, recoil, squinch, creep, crawl, squint, contract, fawn
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