funk

funk has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. An offensive smell; a stench.
• v. t.. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
• v. i.. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
• v. i.. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.
• n.. Alt. of Funking
• n.. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
• n.. 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)
• n.. a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"
• v.. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"