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funk


funk - noun

  • a state of nervous depression
  • 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)
  • an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

    • funk - verb

    • draw back, as with fear or pain

    funk - thesaurus

    cringe   flinch   quail   recoil   shrink   squinch   wince  

    Scrabble score for funk

    f is 4 u is 1 n is 1 k is 5
    Scrabble score = 11

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