Meaning of Funk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
   countable
2. Touchwood, punk, tinder.
   obsolete
3. Mental depression.
   countable
4. A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.
   uncountable
5. A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
   uncountable
6. One who fears or panics; a coward.
   countable

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Examples

“The foulest stench is in the air; the funk of 40,000 years and grizzly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom.”

“I've been in a funk lately, I fell into a funk, I slipped into a funk, I was stuck in a funk”

“it helped me get out of a funk”

“[The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]”

“—A woful lunatic, Mulligan said. Were you in a funk?”

“Holmes was coming upstairs. Holmes would burst open the door. Holmes would say, “In a funk, eh?” Holmes would get him.”

“1944 (written, first published in 2015), Bob Cooney, Proud Journey As I left the platform, the atmosphere was tense but there was no sign of uneasiness or funk […]”

“It is the long probation in the old way of teaching that fellows funk at or makes funks of them and their slow pace, almost up to the end of that probation, all who teach themselves are in a worse predicament as the hands with them are made the principle propellors instead of the feet.”

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