funk
[verb]
Synonyms: smell, reek, stench, stink
[noun]
Synonyms: coward, chicken, craven, dastard, funker, poltroon, quitter, yellowbelly

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I. funk¹ /fʌŋk/ noun [uncountable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000; Origin: funky]
[Sense 2: Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Probably from Flemish fonck]
[Sense 3: Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Perhaps from French funquer 'to produce smoke']

1. a style of music with a strong rhythm that is based on jazz and African music

2. in a (blue) funk American English informal very unhappy, worried, or afraid:
She’s in a funk about giving her talk on Sunday.

3. American English informal a strong smell that comes from someone’s body

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II. funk² verb [transitive] British English old-fashioned
to avoid doing something because it is difficult, or because you are afraid

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