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funk

1. A music style associated with the 70s that emphasizes the importance of a groove (and sometimes sensuality)

Funk musicians, especially the bass player, place notes between beats, but the first beat is always emphasized and returned to in the pocket. It is common for the electric guitar player to mute often in strumming patterns. Funk needs drum and bass to be funk. You can dance to funk, hence funk 1 is derived from funk 2.

2. Sweat (African American vernacular English). Often associated with sensual acts (e.g. dancing, mating), although now more obsolete than funk 3.

3. A foul odour. Possibly the result of funk 2.

4. Replacement for "fuck" in "fuck" expressions (e.g. funk you, funked up).
1.
Rob: - What is "funk"?
Chris: - Check out "Bootsy's basic funk formula" on Youtube.
Rob: - Lame. Can't you just explain it?
Chris: - Nope, I just dance to it. You have to feel it to understand it.

2.
Rebecca: What did you do tonight Rob? Where you out dancing?
Rob: Yeah, how did you know?
Rebecca: The funk's all over your t-shirt.

3.
Hitch-hiker: Is that a corpse in your back trunk?
Stranger: No, that's just some prawns making funk.
Hitch-hiker: Seriously?
Stranger: Seriously.

4.
Mom: - Fuck me!
Dad: - Honey, the kids are watching.
Mom: - Uh. Thank me. Thank me. That's what I said.
Kids not buying it: - That was definitely the f-word.
Mom: - Yeah... uhm.... you know: Funk me! Yes funk! We were just doing the funk. ... You know like James Brown.
Kids: Who's he?
Mom: ...
Dad: He's the sandman. Now back to bed kids.
Kid 1: I wanna be sandman when I grow up!
Kid 2: Mom, why was sandman in the kitchen yesterday?

Not to be confused with funk dance. That's how dance studios refer to the way people dance in music videos, like Britney Spears.
by funkfunkfunk December 21, 2009
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Funk Trunk

Damn! Dem Dere's some Uncle Tom's Be Shakin' Dat Funk Trunk! Foshizzie!
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funk trunk

Booty that's way too big, but shaped *just* right.
Damn, Pam's funk trunk is just beggin me to slap it!!
by p. d. s'n January 22, 2004
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Funk Toe

Funk toe is a common way to describe someones nasty ass feet. For example, toes that look funked up or nasty. One could also describe stankin ass feet as having funk toe. Funk toe essentially describes anything abnormal with the below the ankle region. Crooked toes apply to funk toe as well.
You could smell that funk toe, from the front door. "Doe"

Put your socks back on you got funk toe bro.

This nigga got funk toe.
by Lingle, E February 28, 2019
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Flunkie

Or a gullible person or a low level person out of your crew
call your flunkies there is a problem
by Shemesh December 2, 2019
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bobby funk

The art of excitable dancing in the last few hours of work on a friday, preceding a night out.
The dance involves tipping ones head to the side and moving one's knees and arms forwards and backwards while calling to all around, "c'mon, i'm doing the fuckin bobby funk".
"Are you going out tonight mate?"
"Fuckin yeh man, i'm already doing the bobby funk!" (the phrase is said whilst doing the dance). the term can often be abbreviated to "doing the fuckin bobby".
by The funkster. September 16, 2008
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hillbilly funk

Rhythmically driven musical form where bayou patois & lyrical storytelling meet percussive bass fundamentals and electric guitar played in an aggressive, staccato manner.
The Jerry Reed tune "Amos Moses" is a prime example of hillbilly funk.
by AdnanBey August 12, 2008
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