a style of popular dance music of US black origin, based on elements of blues and soul and having a strong rhythm that typically accentuates the first beat in the bar

a mixture of punk and funk

a funk bassline

a strong musty smell of sweat or tobacco

our sweat mingles, but the funk makes my stomach dizzy

he prowled his office trailing the telltale odour of funk

give music elements of funk

we're bringing back the old Motown sound and funking it up

funked-up songs

a state of great fear or panic

are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say?

a coward

I sit shuddering, too much of a funk to fight

avoid (something) out of fear

I could have seen him this morning but I funked it