Meaning funk
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"bad smell," 1620s, probably from the verb funk in the sense "blow smoke upon; stifle with offensive vapor" (though this is not recorded until later 17c.). It is from dialectal Fre [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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"depression, ill-humor," perhaps from earlier sense "cowering state of fear" (1743), identified in OED as originally Oxford slang, probably from Scottish and Northern English verb [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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Also "funky." A loose term for music that draws from blues- or gospel-based harmony, rhythm, and melody; also (since the 1960s) a complex, bass and rhythm guitar-driven, sometimes three-agai [..]
Source: ccnmtl.columbia.edu

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Noun. A type of music that is 'funky'.
Source: peevish.co.uk

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(n) a state of nervous depression(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 chemi [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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To be in a funk may be the Walloon “In de fonk zün,” literally to “be in the smoke.” Colloquially to be in a state of trepidation from uncertainty or apprehension o [..]
Source: bartleby.com

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An effect created by building and releasing tension with the placement of notes and rhythms.
Source: acidplanet.com (offline)

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radio
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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