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An offensive smell; a stench.

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  1. n. An offensive smell; a stench.
  2. v. t. To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
  3. v. i. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
  4. v. i. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk at the edge of a precipice.
  5. n. Alt. of Funking
  6. n. a state of nervous depression
  7. n. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
  8. v. draw back, as with fear or pain
  9. v:16/n:84 n. a state of nervous depression n. 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) n. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar