1. [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)
2. [n]  a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"
3. [v]  draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

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1. \Funk\, n. [OE. funke a little fire; akin to Prov. E. funk
   touchwood, G. funke spark, and perh. to Goth. f?n fire.]
   An offensive smell; a stench. [Low]
   

2. \Funk\, v. t.
   To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. [Obs.] --King.
   

3. \Funk\, v. i.
   1. To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
   2. To be frightened, and shrink back; to flinch; as, to funk
      at the edge of a precipice. [Colloq.] --C. Kingsley.
   {To funk out}, to back out in a cowardly fashion. [Colloq.]
            To funk right out o' political strife. --Lowell
                                                  (Biglow
                                                  Papers).
   

4. \Funk\, Funking \Funk"ing\, n.
   A shrinking back through fear. [Colloq.] ``The horrid panic,
   or funk (as the men of Eton call it).'' --De Quincey.
   

5. \Funk\, n.
   One who funks; a shirk; a coward. [Colloq.]
   

6. \Funk\, v. t.
   1. To funk at; to flinch at; to shrink from (a thing or
      person); as, to funk a task. [Colloq.]
   2. To frighten; to cause to flinch. [Colloq.]