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funk

  • noun
  • fŭngk

Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.

Other meanings

  1. A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.

  2. Mental depression.

Synonyms

  • blue funk

Example sentences

  • “Make sure you clean the funk out of the filter every month.”

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Word history

From Latin "fumigo" (fūmigāre).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “funk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.