funk

Words with a similar base: blue_funk, funk

'funk'

[funk.n.01] as in: a state of nervous depression

'funk'

[funk.n.02] as in: 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)

'funk'

[funk.n.03] as in: 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'

[flinch.v.01] as in: draw back, as with fear or pain

Examples:
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

Origins

					funk (English)
└── funke (Middle English (1100-1500))

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