Fun
[fʌn]
Definition
(noun.) activities that are enjoyable or amusing; 'I do it for the fun of it'; 'he is fun to have around'.
(noun.) violent and excited activity; 'she asked for money and then the fun began'; 'they began to fight like fun'.
(noun.) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); 'he became a figure of fun'; 'he said it in sport'.
Typed by Barack--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pleasantry, drollery, sport, merriment, frolic, gayety.
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Definition
n. merriment: sport.—Be great fun to be very amusing; In fun in joke not seriously; Like fun (coll.) in a rapid manner; Not to see the fun of not to take as a joke.
Typist: Rudy
Unserious Contents or Definition
Joy.
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- Some make fun of it, some overpraise, and nearly all insist that I had a deep theory to expound, when I only wrote it for the pleasure and the money. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Wouldn't it be fun? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I wish I'd stayed with all your girls so I could make fun of them to you. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The girls dressed me up for fun, and I rather like it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Child thought it capital fun, went back next day, and swallowed another bead. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Neither of them had forgotten Camp Laurence, or the fun we had there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- All about people you know, and such fun! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To be sure, rejoined his brother; it would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We go grubbing along day after day, without a bit of change, and very little fun. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The two gentlemen undressed leisurely on the bank, Maurice making fun of the Greek as he revelled in his favorite element. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Amy has all the fun and I have all the work. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You remember what fun Lady Skiddaw was? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Doad o' Bill's has fun' liberty! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mary, said she, I wish you had gone with us, for we had such fun! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I mean to know him some day, for he needs fun, I'm sure he does, said Jo decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In wirtue o' vich, them arrangements is to be made as I told you on, last night, respectin' the funs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typist: Montague