Dictionary definition · Funk
noun
- 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)
- a state of nervous depression"he was in a funk"
- an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
verb
- draw back, as with fear or pain"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).