FUNK
Scrabble letter values: F4U1N1K5 = 11
Definition
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain. — synonyms: flinch, squinch, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
- noun a state of nervous depression. — synonyms: blue_funk
- 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). — synonyms: Casimir_Funk
- noun an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul.
Examples
- “she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
- “he was in a funk”
- “has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar”