funk

• IPA^(key): /fʌŋk/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin fūmicāre, alteration of Latin fūmigāre (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate.

funk (countable and uncountable, plural funks)

1. (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
   • 1982, Rod Temperton (lyrics), Quincy Jones (music), “Thriller”, in Thriller, Epic Records, performed by Michael Jackson (featuring Vincent Price):

     The foulest stench is in the air; the funk of 40,000 years and grizzly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom.

2. (uncountable) 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 one, and much syncopation.

• electrofunk
• funky

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

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From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). More at spunk.

funk (plural funks)

1. (obsolete) Spark.
2. (obsolete) Touchwood, punk, tinder.

1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk.

funk (countable and uncountable, plural funks)

1. (countable) Mental depression.
2. (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
   • 1902, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in Heart of Darkness:

     [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]

   • Bob Cooney, Proud Journey

     As I left the platform, the atmosphere was tense but there was no sign of uneasiness or funk […]

3. (countable) One who fears or panics; a coward.

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.

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2. (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.

From English funk. Attested since 1977.

funk c (singular definite funken, not used in plural form)

1. (music) funk

• funkmusik

• funkband
• funkgruppe
• funkmusik

• funky

See funke.

funk

1. imperative of funke

• “funk” in Den Danske Ordbog

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.ki/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.kɨ/, /fɐ̃k/
• Hyphenation: funk

funk m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, music) funk (a genre of popular music derived from soul music)
2. (Brazil, music) funk carioca (Brazilian music genre derived from Miami bass)

funk m (plural funks)

1. (Brazil, music) a particular song or composition of funk carioca

• funkeiro, baile funk

From English funk.

funk m (uncountable)

1. (music) funk