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Word: funk (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour. Examples of 18th Century usage cited in Universal English Dictionary, 1896.
  • countable mental depression
  • obsolete spark
  • obsolete touchwood, punk, tinder
  • uncountable A genre of popular music associated with the 1970s and typified by prominent bass guitar and horn section.
  • uncountable A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly

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Verb:

  • To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear

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