different between touchwood vs funk

English

Etymology

Apparently from touch +? wood, but perhaps the first element is derived from torch.

Noun

touchwood (uncountable)

1. Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

1620, from French dialectal (Norman) funquer, funquier (“to smoke, reek”), from Old Northern French fungier (“to smoke”), from Vulgar Latin f?mic?re, alteration of Latin f?mig?re (“to smoke, fumigate”). Related to French dialect funkière (“smoke”). More at fumigate.

Noun

funk (countable and uncountable, plural funks)

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

Derived terms

• electrofunk
• funky

Translations

Verb

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
2. (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
   • c. 1709, William King, The Furmentary

     He funks Basketia and her son to death

   • 2012, M. C. Beaton, Diana the Huntress

     Funking a cobbler – that is, blowing smoke into his stall; smoking cigars at divans and club houses; […]

Etymology 2

From Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”). Cognate with Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”). More at spunk.

Noun

funk (plural funks)

1. (obsolete) Spark (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?).
2. (obsolete) Touchwood, punk, tinder.

Translations

Etymology 3

1743, Scottish and Northern English dialectal word, originally a verb meaning "to panic, fail due to panic". Perhaps from or cognate with obsolete Dutch fonck (“distress, agitation”), from Middle Dutch fonck (“perturbation, agitation”). More at flunk.

Noun

funk (countable and uncountable, plural funks)

1. (countable) Mental depression.
2. (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
   • 1944 (written, first published in 2015), Bob Cooney, 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.

Translations

Verb

funk (third-person singular simple present funks, present participle funking, simple past and past participle funked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
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     He'll have funked it , when he comes to the edge , and sees nothing but mist below
2. (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.

Translations

Danish

Etymology 1

From English funk. Attested since 1977.

Noun

funk c (singular definite funken, not used in plural form)

1. (music) funk

Declension

Synonyms

• funkmusik

Derived terms

• funkband
• funkgruppe
• funkmusik

See also

• funky

Etymology 2

See funke.

Verb

funk

1. imperative of funke

References

• “funk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English funk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??k/
• Hyphenation: funk

Noun

funk m (uncountable)

1. funk (music style)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English funk.

Noun

funk m (definite singular funken, uncountable)

1. (music) funk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

funk

1. imperative of funke

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?f??.ki/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?f??.k?/, /f??k/
• Hyphenation: funk

Noun

funk m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, music) funk (a genre of popular music derived from soul music)
2. (Brazil, music) funk carioca (Brazilian music genre derived from Miami bass)

Noun

funk m (plural funks)

1. (Brazil, music) a particular song or composition of funk carioca

Derived terms

• funkeiro, baile funk

Spanish

Etymology

From English funk.

Noun

funk m (uncountable)

1. (music) funk