About The Word Funk
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What's The Definition Of Funk?
[n] 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)
[n] a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" [v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonyms | Synonyms for Funk: blue funk | Casimir Funk | cringe | flinch | quail | recoil | shrink | squinch | wince Related Terms | Find terms related to Funk: 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 | Milquetoast | 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 See Also | biochemist | depression | move | retract | shrink back Funk In Webster's Dictionary \Funk\, n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk
touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f?n fire.]
An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
\Funk\, v. t. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] --King. \Funk\, v. i. 1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink. 2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] --C. Kingsley. {To funk out}, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.] To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell (Biglow Papers). \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. \Funk\, n. One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.] \Funk\, v. t. 1. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or person); as, to funk a task. [Colloq.] 2. To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.] |
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