'Funk' definitions:
Definition of 'funk'
From: WordNet
noun
A state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk" [syn: funk, blue 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) [syn: Funk, Casimir Funk]
noun
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
Definition of 'Funk'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Funk'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Funk'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Funk'
From: 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.]
Definition of 'Funk'
From: 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
Synonyms of 'funk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Funk, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.