fun

[ fuhn ]

/ fʌn /

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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.

Idioms for fun

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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Words nearby fun

fuming nitric acid, fuming sulphuric acid, fumitory, fumitory family, fumy, fun, Funabashi, Funafuti, funambulist, fun and games, Funchal

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Example sentences from the Web for fun

The addition of DeAndre Hopkins is making the Arizona Cardinals very fun to watch, and a healthy Cam Newton is showing why the power run is so hard to defend against in New England.
Reading The Right Amount Into The NFL’s Week 1|Sarah Shachat|September 15, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Meanwhile, bounce rate, session duration, and session depth rely on whether there is anything fun to do on your page.
8 major Google ranking factors — SEO guide|Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite|September 15, 2020|Search Engine Land
So when Mitsu got the AAC job, I thought it would be fun to interview him, but not so formally.
A Very Informal Interview with Mitsu Iwasaki|Brendan Leonard|September 14, 2020|Outside Online
Brands have found hashtag challenges are a useful hook for creating fun, shareable and viral content on TikTok.
Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better|jim cooper|September 14, 2020|Digiday

This person lists all the benefits of these environmentally positive behaviors, offers to make the actions easier for you, and gives you a fun goodie bag.
How a vacation—or a pandemic—can help you adopt better habits now|matthewheimer|September 12, 2020|Fortune
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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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.

单词	fun
释义	fun [ fuhn ] / fʌn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fun ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Idioms for fun 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. SEE SYNONYMS FOR fun ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby fun fuming nitric acid, fuming sulphuric acid, fumitory, fumitory family, fumy, fun, Funabashi, Funafuti, funambulist, fun and games, Funchal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fun The addition of DeAndre Hopkins is making the Arizona Cardinals very fun to watch, and a healthy Cam Newton is showing why the power run is so hard to defend against in New England. Reading The Right Amount Into The NFL’s Week 1\|Sarah Shachat\|September 15, 2020\|FiveThirtyEight Meanwhile, bounce rate, session duration, and session depth rely on whether there is anything fun to do on your page. 8 major Google ranking factors — SEO guide\|Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite\|September 15, 2020\|Search Engine Land So when Mitsu got the AAC job, I thought it would be fun to interview him, but not so formally. A Very Informal Interview with Mitsu Iwasaki\|Brendan Leonard\|September 14, 2020\|Outside Online Brands have found hashtag challenges are a useful hook for creating fun, shareable and viral content on TikTok. Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better\|jim cooper\|September 14, 2020\|Digiday This person lists all the benefits of these environmentally positive behaviors, offers to make the actions easier for you, and gives you a fun goodie bag. How a vacation—or a pandemic—can help you adopt better habits now\|matthewheimer\|September 12, 2020\|Fortune 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 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. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to fun enjoyable, pleasant, entertaining, amusing, lively, enjoyment, joke, celebration, pastime, joy, pleasure, sport, laughter, distraction, picnic, nonsense, gaiety, absurdity, playfulness, entertainment
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fun

noun

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

adjective, fun·ner, fun·nest.

Idioms for fun

Origin of fun

SYNONYMS FOR fun

Words nearby fun

Example sentences from the Web for fun

British Dictionary definitions for fun

noun

verb funs, funning or funned

Word Origin for fun

Idioms and Phrases with fun

Words related to fun