funk
noun
1. a state of nervous depression
- he was in a funk
Definition categories: state, depression
2. 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)
Definition categories: person
3. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
Definition categories: communication, jazz