funk

Etymology 1
1620, from dialectal (Norman), , from  , from , alteration of. Related to 🇨🇬 dialect. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
 * 2)  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.
 * 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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, dunkkis
 * French:
 * Galician: cheirume, farume, farún,, bravú, xatún, chatún
 * German:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: фънк
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 放克, 魂克, 瘋克
 * Danish: funk
 * Esperanto: funko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ფანკი
 * German:
 * Irish: func
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ファンク
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: funk
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: ffync

Verb

 * 1)  To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
 * 2)  To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
 * 3)  To perform funk music.
 * 4)  Fuck
 * 1)  To perform funk music.
 * 2)  Fuck
 * 1)  Fuck

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬. See also.

Noun

 * 1)  Touchwood, punk, tinder.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: прахан
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology 3
1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete, from. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  Mental depression.
 * 2)  A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
 * 3) * 1944 (written, first published in 2015), Bob Cooney, Proud Journey
 * As I left the platform, the atmosphere was tense but there was no sign of uneasiness or funk
 * 1)  One who fears or panics; a coward.
 * 1) * 1944 (written, first published in 2015), Bob Cooney, Proud Journey
 * As I left the platform, the atmosphere was tense but there was no sign of uneasiness or funk
 * 1)  One who fears or panics; a coward.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German: depressive Stimmung, bedrückte Stimmung,
 * Norwegian: deppa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
 * 2)  To frighten; to cause to flinch.
 * 1)  To frighten; to cause to flinch.
 * 1)  To frighten; to cause to flinch.
 * 1)  To frighten; to cause to flinch.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: свивам се от страх
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , , sich drücken
 * Hungarian: be van gyulladva​/​tojva​/​rezelve,, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology 1
From. Attested since 1977.

Etymology 2
See.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  music style

Etymology 1
From.

Usage notes
The ending -e in present tense is reduced in the negation form (while spoken). Hence the written form "funk itj" is used, when the standard spelling is " ". Compare to phrases like " " ("I do not bother").

Etymology 1
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Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1)  official, officer, agent, functionary

Usage notes
This word used primarily to refer to functionaries of former communist parties (especially the Communist Party of Poland), as well as organs of the communist state.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   a genre of popular music derived from soul music
 * 2)  funk carioca Brazilian music genre derived from Miami bass
 * 3)  a particular song or composition of funk carioca

Etymology
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