funk
noun/fʌŋk/
/fʌŋk/
- [uncountable] a type of dance music with a strong rhythm, developed by African American musicians in the 1960s see also jazz funkTopics Musicc2
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- (also blue funk)[singular] (old-fashioned, informal) a state of fear or worry
- [countable, usually singular] (North American English) a strong unpleasant smell
Word Originnoun early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘musty smell’): perhaps from French dialect funkier ‘blow smoke on’, based on Latin fumus ‘smoke’.
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