Usually means: Groovy, rhythmic music with soul.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word funk:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. Funk, funk: Merriam-Webster
  2. funk, funk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. funk, funk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. funk: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Funk, funk: Vocabulary.com
  6. Funk, funk: Wordnik
  7. funk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. funk: Wiktionary
  9. funk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. funk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. funk: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Funk: Dictionary.com
  13. funk (1), funk (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. funk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. F.U.N.K, Funk (Glee), Funk (disambiguation), Funk (surname), Funk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Funk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. funk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Funk: Rhymezone
  19. Funk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. funk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Funk: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. funk: FreeDictionary.org
  23. funk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Funk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Funk: World Wide Words
  26. funk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Funk (music), Funk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Funk (music), Funk: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. FUNK: Acronym Finder
  2. funk: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. funk: Anthropological Terms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, Funk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. funk: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  4. The Funk: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
noun:  (uncountable, music) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.
verb:  (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
verb:  (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
verb:  (intransitive) To perform funk music.
verb:  (euphemistic, slang) Fuck (the taboo swear word)
noun:  (obsolete) Touchwood, punk, tinder.
noun:  (countable) Mental depression.
noun:  (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
noun:  (countable) One who fears or panics; a coward.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
verb:  (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.

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