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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- funk [f^ŋk]
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1.
n
[informal]
[chiefly Brit]
blue funk a state of nervousness, fear, or depression (esp in the phrase in a funk)
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2.
n
a coward
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3.
vb
to flinch from (responsibility) through fear
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4.
vt.
[tr; usually passive]
to make afraid
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5.
vt.
[Etymology]
C18: university slang, perhaps related to
funk 2
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1.
n
[informal]
[chiefly Brit]
blue funk a state of nervousness, fear, or depression (esp in the phrase in a funk)
- funk [f^ŋk]
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1.
n
[US]
[slang]
a strong foul odour
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C17 (in the sense: tobacco smoke): from funk (vb) to smoke (tobacco), probably of French dialect origin; compare Old French funkier to smoke, from Latin f
u miga re
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1.
n
[US]
[slang]
a strong foul odour
- funk [f^ŋk]
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1.
n
[informal]
a type of polyrhythmic Black dance music with heavy syncopation
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C20: back formation from
funky 1
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1.
n
[informal]
a type of polyrhythmic Black dance music with heavy syncopation
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