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noun

something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.

enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.

verb (used with or without object), funned, fun·ning,

Informal. joke; kid.

adjective, fun·ner, fun·nest.

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.

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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

1675–85; dialectal variant of obsolete fon to befool. See fond¹

SYNONYMS FOR fun

1, 2 merriment, pleasure, play, gaiety.

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Examples from the Web for fun

It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the fun starts when conservatives stop playing defense and go on offense.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was fearless and raunchy and fun and ridiculous and weird and feminist and powerful.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year|Kevin Fallon|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In both of these latter cases, their eyes show more focus than fun, like tonight is a job.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots|Emily Shire|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Champagne should be fun and you should savor every moment of it.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, the fun had grown more boisterous, or so it appeared to me in contrast with the quiet we had left.
Women's Wild Oats|C. Gasquoine Hartley
Sometimes when they were standing at their trough eating, he ran at them, just for the fun of seeing them run.
Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad|Various
Real humor is primarily human—or divine, to be exact—and after that the fun may follow naturally in its order.
Chimney-Pot Papers|Charles S. Brooks
Expeditions like this are rather an excuse for a couple of days' fun than anything else.
Condemned as a Nihilist|George Alfred Henty
He enjoyed giving Fritz "a little bit of all-right," but he never resented it when Fritz had his own fun at our expense.
Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall

British Dictionary definitions for fun

fun

/ (fʌn) /

noun

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, etca fun sport

verb funs, funning or funned

(intr) informal to act in a joking or sporting manner

Word Origin for fun

C17: perhaps from obsolete fon to make a fool of; see fond 1

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Word Origin and History for fun

fun

"diversion, amusement," 1727, earlier "a cheat, trick" (c.1700), from verb fun (1680s) "to cheat, hoax," of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Middle English fonnen "befool" (c.1400; see fond).

Stigmatized by Johnson as "a low cant word." Older sense is preserved in phrase to make fun of (1737) and funny money "counterfeit bills" (1938, though this may be more for the sake of the rhyme). See also funny.

Idioms and Phrases with fun

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.

fun

noun

verb (used with or without object), funned, fun·ning,

adjective, fun·ner, fun·nest.

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