funks

Noun

• a state of nervous depression
• 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)
• an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
• plural of funk

Verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain
• third-person singular simple present indicative of funk

Synonyms

blue funk, Casimir Funk, cringe, flinch, funk, Funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince