Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Causing laughter or amusement.
- adjective Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms.
- adjective Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something.
- adjective Difficult to account for; unusual or odd.
- adjective Suspiciously odd.
- adjective Counterfeit or fraudulent.
- adjective Informal Somewhat ill, painful, or abnormal.
- adjective Offensively forward or disrespectful.
- adjective Contrary to one's demands or expectations.
- noun A joke; a witticism.
- noun Comic strips.
- noun The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Such as to afford fun or excite mirth; amusing; comical; ludicrous.
- Such as to cause surprise or perplexity; curious; strange; odd; queer: as, it is funny he never told me of his marriage.
- Synonyms Comical, Laughable, etc. See
ludicrous . - noun A light clinker-built pleasure-boat, with a pair of sculls. It is long and narrow, and is used for racing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.
- adjective Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
- adjective See crazy bone, under
Crazy .
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- noun humorous A joke.
- noun UK A narrow boat for
sculling .
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- adjective not as expected
- adjective beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- adjective experiencing odd bodily sensations
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- adjective arousing or provoking laughter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It was so funny, "Charlie went on -- everything was _funny_ with Charlie --" to see it rise up like a
The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864
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It was so funny, "Charlie went on -- everything was _funny_ with Charlie --" to see it rise up like a
The Seaboard Parish, Complete George MacDonald 1864
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Time for a comprehensive review of what they call the funny shirt tradition of APEC summit.
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Ken is not what you call a funny person but he was laughing.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004
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Schwarzenegger spoke to The Associated Press before unveiling details of what he calls a funny, action-packed, crime-fighting fantasy at the MipTV television business conference in the Riviera resort of Cannes.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jamey Keaten 2011
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Currently, Shlesinger plays host on what she describes as a funny news show she created for the Web about two years ago called The Weakly News.
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Currently, Shlesinger plays host on what she describes as a funny news show she created for the Web about two years ago called The Weakly News.
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This may be etymologically equivalent to the English word funny, a kind of small boat.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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Whats kind of funny, is that MyNextCustomer will be quite useful for both SEOs and Social Media consultants, both of whom will find plenty of work in 2010, and beyond.
2009 Top SEO Smackdowns: Barone v Scoble | Managing Greatness 2009
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Also 'funny', is that karma thing about going around and coming around.
luke commented on the word funny
strange and ha ha ;-)
December 10, 2006
npydyuan commented on the word funny
like a clown
October 11, 2007
bilby commented on the word funny
One of my work colleagues told a funny joke yesterday.
October 29, 2008