|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| funk [ fungk ] |
noun |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. musical style: popular music that derives from jazz, blues, and soul and is characterized by a heavy rhythmic bass and backbeat
|
2. earthy musical quality: a rhythmic earthy quality in music
(
slang
)
|
3. U.S. lack of worldliness: lack of sophistication, especially the kind of simplicity or naiveté thought by some to be characteristic of rural or provincial areas
(
slang
)
|
| [Mid-20th century. Back-formation <funky] |
|
|
|