noun
a state of nervous depression
Synonyms
blue funk
Examples
- he was in a funk
noun
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)
Synonyms
Casimir Funk
noun
an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul
Examples
- has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
Synonyms
Examples
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf