Meaning of FUN
| Pronunciation: | | fun
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- [n] activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
- [n] violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; (colloquial) "they began to fight like fun"
- [n] a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with"
- [n] verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"
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| | Synonyms: | | merriment, play, playfulness, playfulness, sport |
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| | See Also: | | activity, archness, clowning, comedy, diversion, drollery, facetiousness, friskiness, frivolity, frivolousness, frolicsomeness, funniness, humor, humor, humour, humour, impertinence, impishness, jocosity, jocularity, mischievousness, paronomasia, perkiness, pertness, puckishness, pun, punning, recreation, sauciness, sense of humor, sense of humour, sportiveness, waggery, waggishness, whimsicality, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fun\, n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. fonn
pleasure.]
Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. ``Oddity, frolic, and
fun.'' --Goldsmith.
{To make fan of}, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule.
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| | Definition: | | A typed lambda-calculus, similar to SOL[2]. "On Understanding Types, Data Abstractions and Polymorphism", L. Cardelli et al, ACM Comp Surveys 17(4) (Dec 1985). |
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| | Related Terms: | | act, action, amusement, amusing, animal pleasure, ball, be merry with, beguiling, behave, belly laugh, big time, blitheness, blue story, bodily pleasure, carnal delight, comfort, content, contentment, coziness, crack a joke, crack wise, creature comforts, delightful, dirty joke, dirty story, disport, diversion, diverting, do, double entendre, ease, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertaining, entertainment, ethnic joke, euphoria, fleer at, fool, forepleasure, frivolity, fruition, fun and games, function, funmaking, funny story, gag, game, gibe at, glee, gleefulness, go, good one, good story, good time, gratification, great fun, great satisfaction, gusto, hearty enjoyment, high glee, high old time, high time, hilariousness, hilarity, howler, humorous, intellectual pleasure, jape, jest, jestbook, jive, jocularity, jocundity, joie de vivre, joke, jolliness, jollity, jolly, josh, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, keen pleasure, kicks, kid, kid around, laugh, laughs, laughter, levity, lovely time, luxury, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, mischief, mock, officiate, operate, panic, perform, physical pleasure, picnic, play, play on words, pleasant time, pleasure, point, poke fun at, pun, quiet pleasure, quip, rag, razz, react, recreation, recreational, relish, rib, rib tickler, ridicule, riot, run, satisfaction, scintillate, scoff at, scream, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, serve, sexual pleasure, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, sparkle, sport, story, sweetness of life, take, teasing, titillating, titillation, titillative, utter a mot, visual joke, voluptuousness, well-being, wheeze, wisecrack, work, wow, yarn, zest |
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