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Fun   /fən/   Listen
noun
Fun  n.  Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. "Oddity, frolic, and fun."
To make fun of, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule. in fun, jokingly; not seriously; for amusement. like fun, definitely not; used adverbially, mostly to contradict a prior assertion; A: "He says he won't do it again." B: "Like fun he won't.".



adjective
fun  adj.  (compar. funner; superl. funnest)  Of or pertaining to fun; causing pleasure or amusement; as, a fun thing to do. (informal)






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"Fun" Quotes from Famous Books



... high spirits, keeping his companions and himself in roars of laughter, and every now and then seizing them, and stopping, that they might take their fill of the fun; there they stood shaking with laughter, "not an inch of their body free" from its grip. At George Street they parted, one to Rose Court, behind St. Andrew's Church, one to Albany Street, the other, our big and limping friend, to ...
— Stories of Childhood • Various

... fun, he discharged his rifle and killed his hog; but this only seemed to make the creatures more ferocious, and then, for the first time, the boys became ...
— The Young Trail Hunters • Samuel Woodworth Cozzens

... ye see him in his glee, For meikle glee and fun has he, Then set him down, and twa or three Gude fellows wi' him: And port, O port! shine thou a wee, And Then ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... either," said April. "I don't think there is much fun anywhere. We have all got what we don't want, and want what ...
— Blue Aloes - Stories of South Africa • Cynthia Stockley

... the church, having vindicated her power over evil incantations, I permit you to proceed," said Mr. Armstrong, his black eyes twinkling with fun. ...
— Adela Cathcart, Vol. 1 • George MacDonald


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