fun

[ fuhn ]
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noun
  1. something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.

  2. enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.

verb (used with or without object),funned, fun·ning,
  1. Informal. joke; kid.

adjective,fun·ner, fun·nest.
  1. Informal. of or relating to fun, especially to social fun: a fun thing to do; really a fun person; the funnest game.

  2. Informal. whimsical; flamboyant: The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.

Idioms about fun

  1. for / in fun, as a joke; not seriously; playfully: His insults were only in fun.

  2. like fun, Informal. certainly not; of doubtful truth: He told us that he finished the exam in an hour. Like fun he did!

  1. make fun of, to make the object of ridicule; deride: The youngsters made fun of their teacher.

Origin of fun

1
First recorded in 1675–85; dialectal variant of obsolete fon “to befool”; see fond1

Other words for fun

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How to use fun in a sentence

  • “Well, we'll call it hatched,” said the papa; but they knew he was just funning.

  • The 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 Howells
  • Some 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 Moodie
  • But 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 Verne
  • I 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

fun

/ (fʌn) /


noun
  1. a source of enjoyment, amusement, diversion, etc

  2. pleasure, gaiety, or merriment

  1. jest or sport (esp in the phrases in or for fun)

  2. fun and games facetious, ironic amusement; frivolous activity

  3. like fun informal

    • (adverb) quickly; vigorously

    • (interjection) not at all! certainly not!

  4. make fun of or poke fun at to ridicule or deride

  5. (modifier) full of amusement, diversion, gaiety, etc: a fun sport

verbfuns, funning or funned
  1. (intr) informal to act in a joking or sporting manner

Origin of fun

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

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Other 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.

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