FUNKIER - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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)

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a state of nervous depression

Example: he was in a funk

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul

Example: has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

draw back, as with fear or pain

Example: she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf