fun
something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.
Informal. joke; kid.
Informal. of or relating to fun, especially to social fun: a fun thing to do; really a fun person; the funnest game.
Informal. whimsical; flamboyant: The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.
Idioms about fun
for / in fun, as a joke; not seriously; playfully: His insults were only in fun.
like fun, Informal. certainly not; of doubtful truth: He told us that he finished the exam in an hour. Like fun he did!
make fun of, to make the object of ridicule; deride: The youngsters made fun of their teacher.
Origin of fun
1Other words for fun
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How to use fun in a sentence
The fun isn’t finished even if you figure out the path to success—putting it back together can be just as tricky.
Three puzzles that are like CrossFit for your brain | John Kennedy | November 20, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhile sanctioned après festivities will be severely curtailed this year, with ski bars closed and beery events canceled, a lot of fun can be had in a parking lot.
Tracking trends could be important, he said, but it might not be as fun.
In D.C., a resident tracks the flying machines hovering above on the city’s ‘helicopter highway’ | Justin Wm. Moyer | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThe Dallas Red Party is a fun, festive, can’t-miss event held in September of each year.
It’s fun to use something like Heron’s formula to compute the area of this non-triangle.
Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing. | Patrick Honner | November 18, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
“Well, we'll call it hatched,” said the papa; but they knew he was just funning.
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories | W. D. HowellsThe girl gurgled out her pleasure in his funning, and everybody took him on his own ground of privileged character.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete | William Dean HowellsSome one was funning Old Wittals for having eaten seven large cabbages at Mr. T——'s bee, a few days previous.
Life in the Backwoods | Susanna MoodieBut the Captain was now too deeply interested in a hot discussion with Barbican to notice that the Frenchman was only funning him.
All Around the Moon | Jules VerneI know well its only funning you are and that its not loaded; but Id be obliged to you if youd point it the other way.
The Search Party | G. A. Birmingham
British Dictionary definitions for fun
/ (fʌn) /
a source of enjoyment, amusement, diversion, etc
pleasure, gaiety, or merriment
jest or sport (esp in the phrases in or for fun)
fun and games facetious, ironic amusement; frivolous activity
like fun informal
(adverb) quickly; vigorously
(interjection) not at all! certainly not!
make fun of or poke fun at to ridicule or deride
(modifier) full of amusement, diversion, gaiety, etc: a fun sport
(intr) informal to act in a joking or sporting manner
Origin of fun
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with fun
In addition to the idiom beginning with fun
- fun and games
- funny bone
- funny business
- funny money
also see:
- for fun
- like fun
- make fun of
- more fun than a barrel of monkeys
Also see underfunny.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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