Meaning & Definition of Funk in English

1. A state of nervous depression

• "He was in a funk"

2. 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. 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. Draw back, as with fear or pain

• "She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"