funknoun [ U ]
uk/fʌŋk/us/fʌŋk/a style of music, usually for dancing to, with a strong rhythm based on jazz and a tune that repeats:
James Brown is the master of funk.
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- R & B
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- swing
- trad
- twelve-bar blues
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be in a funk