1. (

• funk ,
• blue_funk

) a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" ;

2. (

• Funk ,
• Casimir_Funk

) 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) ;

3. (

• 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 ;

1. (

• flinch ,
• squinch ,
• funk ,
• cringe ,
• shrink ,
• wince ,
• recoil ,
• quail

) draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" ;