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Funk - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Funk : (noun)
1: a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" [syn: blue
funk]
2: 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) [syn: Funk, Casimir Funk]
(verb)
1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch, squinch,
cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Funk : \Funk\, n.
One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Funk : \Funk\, v. t.
1. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or
person); as, to funk a task. [Colloq.]
2. To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Funk : \Funk\, v. i.
1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk
at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] --C. Kingsley.
To funk out, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell
(Biglow
Papers).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Funk : \Funk\, Funking \Funk"ing\, n.
A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] ``The horrid panic,
or funk (as the men of Eton call it).'' --De Quincey.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Funk : \Funk\, n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk
touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f?n fire.]
An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Funk : \Funk\, v. t.
To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] --King.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Funk, NE (village, FIPS 17880)
Location: 40.46294 N, 99.24953 W
Population (1990): 198 (82 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68940
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Funk |
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Bogyeong_Gyein: Listening To "D'Angelo Dinero Theme [Catholi Funk]" by and loving it! See the video & lyrics: http://www.tunewiki.com/ |
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KellydeCarvalho: @celarodrigues qual foi a do lancinho da madrugada pro Renne?? Um Funk né!! kkkkkkkkkkkkk |
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dANGELofLOVE: GOOD 1 >@suckmydeck:QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA "Pushin On" a GR8 soul/Funk/Jazz Orchestra in one of their best song... ♫ http://blip.fm/~htwb2 |
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