Words · Common
funk
/fʌŋk/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a state of nervous depression
he was in a funk
- noun
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)
- noun
an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
- verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf