fun

fun
fun [fun]
n.
[< ME fonne, a fool, foolish, or fonnen, to be foolish < ?]
1.
a) lively, joyous play or playfulness; amusement, sport, recreation, etc.
b) enjoyment or pleasure
2. a source or cause of amusement or merriment, as an amusing person or thing
adj.
Informal intended for, or giving, pleasure or amusement [a fun gift]
vi.
funned, funning [< FUN the n.]
Informal to have or make fun; play or joke
to have or make fun; play or joke
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for fun or in fun
just for amusement; not seriously
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like fun!
Slang by no means! not at all!: used to express emphatic negation or doubt
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make fun of
to mock laughingly; ridicule: also poke fun at

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  • fun — [ fɶn ] n. m. • 1974; mot angl. « amusement » ♦ Anglic. Joie délirante et exubérante. Adjt Ils sont fun. ♢ Région. (Québec) FUN [ fɔn ] ou FONNE : amusement. C est le fun ! Avoir du fun, du plaisir, de l agrément. « Si t es pas venu ici pour… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • fun — fun, jest, sport, game, play are comparable when they denote something (as an activity, an utterance, or a form of expression) that provides diversion or amusement or is intended to arouse laughter. Fun implies amusement or an engagement in what… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Fun — 〈[fʌ̣n] m.; ; unz.; salopp〉 Spaß ● Fun haben Spaß haben, sich amüsieren, sich sorglos vergnügen [engl., „Spaß“] * * * Fun [fan ], der; s [engl. fun]: Spaß, den jmd. bei bestimmten Tätigkeiten hat: F. haben. * * * FUN   [Abk. für Free Universal …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Fun — Fun, n. [Perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. fonn pleasure.] Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. Oddity, frolic, and fun. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] {To make fun of}, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • fun — ► NOUN 1) light hearted pleasure or amusement. 2) a source of this. 3) playfulness or good humour. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ enjoyable. ● make fun of Cf. ↑make fun of …   English terms dictionary

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