be in a funk

funk | American Dictionary

funk
noun[ U ]
us/fʌŋk/

funknoun[U] (UNHAPPY STATE)

the state of being unhappy and without hope:
The team’s been in a funk, losing three of the last four games.

funknoun[U] (MUSIC)

a style of music related to jazz, with a strong rhythm

Examples of funk

funk
Even if it is not played, in funk the sixteenth note is always felt or implied.
The cut-copy-paste-funk of the most irrelevant sounds, the clicks, emerges; the movement of zero and one made audible.
On the other hand, the recording also features hints of the new developing music of soul and funk.
Sweetback rendered film anthems fashionable, creating a commercial demand for soundtracks written by contemporary funk and soul artists.
In second line and funk, however, these sixteenths are syncopated.
What is hip-hop doing right that academics scornful of studying funk and popular culture need to know?
The result is that prices for funk records have skyrocketed in the last eight to nine years.
We funked it that day two-and-a-half years ago, and we have regularly funked it since.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
They did not come into the war on either side; in other words, they completely funked any responsibility.
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