Funk

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Funk \Funk\ (f[u^][ng]k), n.
     an earthy, seemingly unsophisticated style of jazz music
     having elements of black American blues and gospel.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Funk \Funk\, v. t.
     1. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.]
        --King.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or
        person); as, to funk a task. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Funk \Funk\, v. i.
     1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk
        at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] --C. Kingsley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {To funk out}, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell
                                                    (Biglow
                                                    Papers).
        Funk

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Funk \Funk\ (f[u^][ng]k), n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to
     Prov. E. funk touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth.
     f[=o]n fire.]
     1. An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. a state of fear.
        [PJC]
  
     4. a mildly depressed state of mind; -- often used in the
        phrase {blue funk}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  funk
       n 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: {Casimir Funk}]
       v : 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "funk":
     Milquetoast, abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, baby, back out,
     big baby, blench, blink, blue funk, boggle, change color, chicken,
     chicken liver, chicken out, consternation, coward, cowardice,
     craven, cringe, curdle the blood, dastard, desert under fire,
     dismay, disquiet, draw back, dread, falter, fear, flinch,
     fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, freeze, fright, frighten, funk out, funker,
     get cold feet, grow pale, horrification, horripilate, horror,
     invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lose courage,
     make one tremble, milksop, mouse, pale, panic, panic fear, phobia,
     poltroon, quail, quitter, raise apprehensions, recoil, reek, scare,
     scaredy-cat, scuttle, shake, shrink, sissy, skedaddle, spook,
     stagger, stampede, startle, stench, stink, take alarm, take fright,
     terror, turn color, turn pale, unholy dread, unman, unnerve,
     unstring, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver,
     wince
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Funk, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    204
     Housing Units (2000): 82
     Land area (2000):     0.265047 sq. miles (0.686469 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.265047 sq. miles (0.686469 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            17880
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             40.463724 N, 99.249915 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     68940
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Funk, NE
      Funk