What is the meaning of Funk?

noun

A state of nervous depression.
- usage: "he was in a funk"
- synonyms: blue 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: Casimir 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.

verb

Draw back, as with fear or pain.
- usage: "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- synonyms: flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

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