• IPA: /fʌŋk/

funk

1. (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
2. (uncountable) 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 one, and much syncopation.

• Russian: злово́ние

• French: funk
• German: Funk
• Italian: funkulo
• Portuguese: funk
• Russian: фанк
• Spanish: funk

funk (funks, present participle funking; past and past participle funked)

1. (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.

funk (plural funks)

1. (obsolete) Spark.
2. (obsolete) Touchwood, punk, tinder.

• Russian: трут

funk

1. (countable) Mental depression.
2. (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
   • 1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524 ↗, part II:

     [The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk {{...}

   • , Proud Journey

     As I left the platform, the atmosphere was tense but there was no sign of uneasiness or funk […]

3. (countable) One who fears or panics; a coward.

• Russian: депре́ссия

• Russian: испу́г

funk (funks, present participle funking; past and past participle funked)

1. (ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
2. (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.

• Russian: избега́ть