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Meaning of funk

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  funk
      n 1: a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" [syn:
           {funk}, {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}]
      3: an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has
         a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
      v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
           showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: {flinch},
           {squinch}, {funk}, {cringe}, {shrink}, {wince}, {recoil},
           {quail}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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