What part of speech is funk?

Funk can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. funk is a verb, present, 1st person singular of funk (infinitive).
  • 2. funk is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. funk is a noun, singular of funks.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does funk mean?

Definitions

Verb

funk - To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
funk - To emit an offensive smell; to stink.

Noun

funk - an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
Funk - 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)
funk - a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

Examples of funk

#   Sentence  
1. noun He was in a funk.
2. noun This song samples a bunch of old American funk records from the 70s using equipment from the 90s.
3. noun This is the gladdest I've seen him since his mother died. He'd been in a funk for so long and, God, I was so worried about him.
4. noun Tom was in a funk.
5. noun Tom was in a funk band.
6. noun It's time to wash off that funk, Tom. You stink.
7. noun It's time to wash that funk off, Tom. You stink.
8. noun Tom's funk band was in a funk.
9. noun Make sure you clean the funk out of the filter every month.
10. noun Tom's band was in a funk, and you could smell it on them.
11. noun Tom's in a funk band.
Sentence  
noun
He was in a funk.
This song samples a bunch of old American funk records from the 70s using equipment from the 90s.
This is the gladdest I've seen him since his mother died. He'd been in a funk for so long and, God, I was so worried about him.
Tom was in a funk.
Tom was in a funk band.
It's time to wash off that funk, Tom. You stink.
It's time to wash that funk off, Tom. You stink.
Tom's funk band was in a funk.
Make sure you clean the funk out of the filter every month.
Tom's band was in a funk, and you could smell it on them.
Tom's in a funk band.

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