funk

funk /fʌɳk/
  • danh từ
    • (thông tục) sự kinh sợ
      • to be in a funk: kinh sợ
      • a blue funk: sự khiếp sợ, sự kinh hãi
    • kẻ nhát gan
    • nội động từ
      • (thông tục) sợ, sợ hãi, hoảng sợ
        • to funk at something: sợ làm việc gì
      • lẩn tránh (vì sợ), chùn bước
      • ngoại động từ
        • sợ, sợ hãi (cái gì, ai)
        • lẩn tránh, trốn tránh (vì sợ)
        • làm kinh sợ

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



      funk

      Từ điển WordNet

        n.

      • a state of nervous depression; blue funk

        he was in a funk

      • 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); Funk, Casimir Funk
      • an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar

      English Slang Dictionary

      1. a coward
      2. the essence of being, as in faking the funk
      3. anything attractive or beautiful
      4. tobacco smoke

      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      funks|funked|funking
      syn.: Casimir Funk Funk blue funk cringe flinch quail recoil shrink squinch wince