funk1
  
  n.
 
(also 
blue funk)
 a state of panic or fear. 
▸N. Amer. a state of depression.
v.
 avoid out of fear.
Etymology
  C18: perh. from funk2 in the informal sense ‘tobacco smoke’, or from obs. Flemish fonck ‘disturbance, agitation’.
 
  
    
funk2
  
  n.
  - a style of popular dance music of US black origin, having a strong rhythm that typically accentuates the first beat in the bar.
- N. Amer. informal, dated a strong musty smell of sweat or tobacco.
v.
 
(
funk something up)
 give music elements of funk.
Etymology
  C17: perh. from Fr. dial. funkier ‘blow smoke on’.