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funk

UK/fəŋk/ US/fʌŋk/ fairly common slang
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a state of nervous depression

  • “he was in a funk”
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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)

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verb

1.

draw back, as with fear or pain

  • “she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
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Origin

From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). See also spunk.

Phrases

  • blue funk
  • deep funk
  • disco funk
  • dundy funk
  • fake the funk
  • funk art
  • funk hole
  • funk metal
  • funk up
  • funk you

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