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▪ I. fun, n.|fʌn|
[prob. f. fun v.]
†1. A cheat or trick; a hoax, a practical joke.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Fun, a Cheat or slippery Trick. 1719D'Urfey Pills (1872) V. 259 A Hackney Coachman he did hug her, And was not this a very good Fun?
2. a. Diversion, amusement, sport; also, boisterous jocularity or gaiety, drollery. Also, a source or cause of amusement or pleasure.
(Johnson 1755 stigmatizes it as ‘a low cant word’; in present use it is merely somewhat familiar.)
1727Swift Misc. Epit. By-words, Tho' he talk'd much of virtue, his head always run Upon something or other she found better fun. 1749Fielding Tom Jones ix. vi, Partridge..was a great lover of what is called fun. 1751E. Moore Gil Blas Prol. 25 Don't mind me tho', for all my fun and jokes. 1767H. Brooke Fool of Qual. I. 99 Vindex..looked smilingly about him with much fun in his face. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 313 It is fun to them to break off an ornament, or disfigure a statue. 1790Burns Tam o' Shanter 144 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious. 1837Dickens Pickw. ii, ‘What's the fun?’ said a rather tall thin young man. 1845S. C. Hall Bk. Gems 90 His wit and humour delightful, when it does not degenerate into ‘fun’. 1849E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 331 Being better mounted than the rest of his troop, [he] pushed on to see more of the fun. 1887Shearman Athletics & Football 325 Most footballers play for the fun and the fun alone. 1889J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 42 There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. 1891Baring-Gould In Troubadour-Land iv. 50, I do not see the fun of going to hotels of the first class. 1934Punch 9 May 526/1 A Rector in an unapostolic fury is rather fun. 1954Economist 20 Mar., His book has all the charm of science fiction; it is enormous fun. 1958Listener 25 Dec. 1085/1 The clothes were Jacobean, and fun to wear.
b. Phr. to make fun of, poke fun at (a person, etc.): to ridicule. for fun or in fun: as a joke, sportively, not seriously. (he, it is) good, great fun: a source of much amusement. like fun: energetically, very quickly, vigorously. what fun! how very amusing! for the fun of the thing: for amusement; to have fun (with): to enjoy (a process); spec. to have sexual intercourse.
1737H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 17, I can't help making fun of myself. 1833C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing (1834) 24 And began to laugh like fun. 1840Hood Up Rhine 157 The American..in a dry way began to poke his fun at the unfortunate traveller. a1847Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xxi. 250 Then you won't make fun of me, will you? 1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. iv. 98 Stickin' together like fun. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton I. v. 73 Carsons' mill is blazing away like fun. 1849Lytton Caxtons 19 You would be very sorry if your mamma were to..break it for fun. 1857Hughes Tom Brown ii. iii, The bolts went to like fun. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. cxxvi. 82 Who knows but Volunteer Rifles may make a campaign in the Holy Land, and mount guard over the production of the holy fire at Easter? ‘What fun!’ 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 151 He may pretend in fun that he has a bad memory. 1877M. M. Grant Sun-Maid iii, The races are great fun. 1877Independent 19 July 15/2 Little Tad commissioned lieutenant by Stanton, ‘just for the fun of the thing’. 1891N. Gould Double Event 1 He's such good fun, and he's so obliging. 1893Farmer & Henley Slang III. 86/2 To have (or do) a bit of fun, to procure or enjoy the sexual favour. 1895H. A. Kennedy in 19th Cent. Aug. 331, I suppose the wood-carver was poking fun at him? 1903Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 425 Amateur mimes..go in for private theatricals..just for the fun of the thing. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Feb. 73/4 The clerks..get their own back by unmasking frauds and..having fun with the low standard of French commercial honesty. 1961M. Dickens Heart of London ii. 198 Ambrosia had pushed Edgar and the girl in there with the admonition to have some fun, dears.
c. Exciting goings-on. Also fun and games, freq. used ironically; spec. amatory play. colloq.
1879[see Chinkey, etc.]. 1897Daily News 13 Sept. 7/1 The engineer officers who are engaged in carrying out some of the Sirdar's plans get much more than their fair share of ‘the fun’. 1898Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 3/1 It is possible that there may be rare fun by-and-by on the Nile. 1920‘Sapper’ Bull-Dog Drummond vi. 155 We've had lots of fun and games since I last saw you. 1940N. Mitford Pigeon Pie iii. 66 Farther on, however, you come to jolly fun and games—great notices. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 78 Fun and games, any sort of brush with the enemy at sea. 1948‘N. Shute’ No Highway iii. 70 ‘Fun and games,’ he said. ‘The boffin's going mad.’ 1952E. Grierson Reputation for Song xxix. 260 Beneath the orderly conduct of her bar there was always present the possibility of ‘fun and games’. 1954C. Armstrong Better to Eat You ii. 22 If it happened because somebody is having fun-and-games with Miss Sarah Shepherd, somebody is going to be sorry. 1966J. Porter Sour Cream v. 59, I headed the car in the direction of the coast road. We had the usual fun and games with the local drivers. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. B3/3 Mr. Brown also expects the fun and games of tax haven subsidiaries to disappear with the new legislation.
3. a. Comb., as fun-loving adj. Also attrib., passing into adj. with the sense ‘amusing, entertaining, enjoyable’.
1775Pratt Liberal Opin. (1783) II. 119 This fun-loving Alicia. a1846B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) iii. xvii. 358 There was a room at Holly House called the ‘fun-room’, without chair or table. It was for dancing and romping. 1853N. P. Willis (title) Fun jottings; or, Laughs I have taken pen to. 1892Daily News 14 July 5/1 A fun-loving, jolly, prankish elf of a woman. 1908Daily Chron. 26 Dec. 4/4 The side⁓show is blossoming out again at all points of the compass in ‘fun towns’ and the like. 1959J. Osborne World of Paul Slickey i. vii. 61 You'll always be a Fun Person. 1962Sat. Even. Post 13 Oct. 69 Some fur coats are, however, just for fun. The ‘fun fur’ coat has given a big boost to the industry. 1962Sunday Express 16 Dec. 18/5 Nowadays you can't rustle up enough fun people for a small party any more. 1965New Statesman 7 May 712/3 Millions have sampled the delights of St Tropez and St Moritz and a lot more of the so-called ‘fun places’ for themselves. 1965Punch 18 Aug. 254/3 The cheap ‘fun furs’ acclaimed as so young and amusing. 1968A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 186, I was remembering Marianne and the fun times we have had. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 151 The young have taken to ‘fun’ furs which may be rabbit dyed to any colour under the sun. 1969Listener 13 Feb. 221/3 Much better to give St Katharine Docks to Joan Littlewood for a fun palace. 1971New Yorker 8 May 107 We have the Osborns, the Beals, the Hartungs, the Falmers, and us. Now let's think of someone fun.
b. Special comb., as fun fair, a fair (or that part of a fair) which is devoted to amusements and side-shows; funfest [fest] chiefly U.S., a gathering for the purposes of amusement; fun-maker, a comedian, humorist, jester; fun run orig. U.S., an organized and largely uncompetitive long-distance run, esp. characterized by the mass participation of occasional (often sponsored) runners; also fun runner, one who takes part in a long-distance run for fun, rather than competitively; fun running.
1925A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. iii. 106, I cannot claim to bring every attraction of the Fun Fair into your place of labour—only the switchback, the water⁓shoot and the mountain railway. 1951A. Baron Rosie Hogarth 16 Fun fairs discharge their screech and blare upon the passer-by. 1955Times 18 July 5/3 The fun fair at the Festival Gardens, Battersea, opened bashfully..for its first Sunday session yesterday. There was no music. Nor was there any beer.
1918in Dialect Notes V. 11 (headline) Lincoln High invites to fun-fest. 1922S. Lewis Babbitt xiii. 172 You will get 111% on your kale in this fun-fest. 1962J. D. MacDonald Key to Suite x. 140 The convention..wasn't..a fun-fest, a week of broads and bottles. 1963Punch 4 Dec. 803/1 A riotous funfest.
1904Daily Chron. 12 Nov. 5/6 Mr. James Welch to be Prominent Fun-maker at Drury Lane. 1906R. L. Ramsay Skelton's Magnyf. p. xcvii, The two fun-makers of the morality are the brothers Fancy and Folly. 1936Variety 15 July 14/2 At last those three ace fun makers..get a chance to go to town in a big time laugh hit of their own.
1976Runner's World Mar. 11/1 Fun running is about to take off nationwide... The following cities and towns report having events of the *Fun Run type,—in brief, regularly scheduled, timed runs over accurate courses. 1977Sunday Times 23 Oct. 29/6 Coming: Report of a Fun Run for everyone. It starts from Gateshead Stadium next Saturday, and Brendan Foster hopes to popularise this American mass participation idea. 1980Sunday Times 23 Mar. 28/1 The {pstlg}11,700 raised for the British Heart Foundation by last year's *fun runners will support..an important study which is attempting to establish blood-pressure patterns in infants. 1985Athletics Today Dec. 26/1, I was really about 50th overall, but I did win the Fun Run... The Mansfield Half Marathon consists of two races at once—one for affiliated athletes and one for unaffiliated, or Fun Runners. 1986N.Y. Times 21 Apr. c6/1 Thousands of fun runners and disabled competitors pounded the same rain-soaked course as the stars.
▪ II. fun, v.|fʌn|
[Perh. a dialectal pronunc. of fon v., to befool (not recorded after 15th c.).]
1. trans. To cheat, hoax; also, to cajole. Const. of, out of. Obs. exc. dial.
1685Roxb. Ball. VII. 473 She had fun'd him of his Coin. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew s.v., What do you Fun me? Do you think to Sharp or Trick me? 1744Ozell tr. Brantome's Sp. Rhodomontades (ed. 2) 44 He that funs me out of her, may boldly say, he has fun'd the best Sword in France. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue s.v., Do you think to fun me out of it. 1812Sporting Mag. XL. 86 Sure your lordship wouldn't be funning me. 1847–78Halliwell, Fun, to cheat, to deceive, Somerset. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. s.v., He've a-fun me out o' vower poun.
2. [from the n.] intr. To make fun or sport; to indulge in fun; to fool, joke.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle x, If it be..Christian-like..to be after funning and fuddling, while a fellow-creature..stands before you, all but dead. 1853W. Jerdan Autobiog. III. vii. 83 In later days he was often funning—I can find no other word to express it—in ‘Blackwood’. 1886E. L. Bynner A. Surriage vi. 77 ‘Ye must be funnin', sir-r’, she almost gasped.
Hence ˈfunning vbl. n.
1728Gay Begg. Op. ii. Air xix, Cease your funning, Force or Cunning Never shall my Heart trapan. 1850T. A. Trollope Impress. Wand. xxv. 377 He took upon him to furnish amusement during the..journey by a succession of funning. 1879Seguin Black For. xiii. 222 He generally contrives that his victims shall not materially suffer from his funning.
▪ III. fun
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