funn.adj.

Brit.

/fʌn/, U.S.

/fən/

Forms: 1600s– fun, 1700s funn.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: fun v.

Etymology: Probably < fun v.

A. n.

1. An act of fraud or deception; a trick played on a person; a joke. Scottish (Orkney and Shetland) in later use.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax

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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Fun, a Cheat or slippery Trick.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 259 A Hackney Coachman he did buy her, And was not this a very good Fun.

1747 Justice Triumphant ii. v. 30 Hey! Hey! What Fun are you upon now? What do you mean by calling me Churchwarden?

1850 J. O. Halliwell Palatine Anthol. 159 He..told her the story of what he had done; It made the whole family laugh at the fun.

1897 Shetland News 18 Sept. 8/2 I tinks A'll hae a fun wi' da men since dey winna come in.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Fun,..2. a joke: Hid wis a right fun on him.

2004 L. Johnson in New Shetlander No. 229. 11/1 I tink we sood try finnin cables! Dey say it can wirk, an we're döin naething idder. We'll try for a fun!

a. Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment. N.E.D. (1898) remarks: ‘Johnson 1755 stigmatizes it as “a low cant word”; in present use it is merely somewhat familiar.’ In the 20th and 21st centuries the word has become even further standardized.

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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]

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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment

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1726 Modest Plea for Impudence 29 He must fetch and carry, and dance after their tails from Wapping to Westminster, and from one end of the world to t'other, meerly to make fun.

1732 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 64 Tho' he talk'd much of Virtue, her Head always run Upon something or other she found better Fun.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. vi. 354 Partridge..was a great Lover of what is called Fun .

1751 E. Moore Gil Blas Prol. sig. A3 Don't mind me tho'—For all my Fun and Jokes.

1767 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (ed. 2) I. 99 Vindex..looked smilingly about him with much fun in his face.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

1845 S. C. Hall Bk. Gems 90 His wit and humour delightful, when it does not degenerate into ‘fun’.

1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 325 Most footballers play for the fun and the fun alone.

1889 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 42 There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.

1920 Boys' Life May 61/3 (advt.) Think of the fun of whizzing down the road on this dazzling new Black Beauty.

1947 W. S. Maugham Creatures of Circumstance 100 Every party's got to come to an end, and next day it doesn't matter much if you went home with the milk or if you left while the fun was in full swing.

1989 C. Boylan Concerning Virgins (1990) 160 She was bold and full of fun.

2000 S. King On Writing 106 A prissy attention to detail that takes all the fun out of writing.

b. to be (good, great, etc.) fun: to be a source of light-hearted pleasure or enjoyment; to provide amusement or entertainment. Also with anticipatory it and infinitive as complement, as it is fun to.Some later instances (e.g. quot. 1958) may be interpreted as predicative uses of the adjective; see sense B.

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1749 I. G. Hist. Filchum Cantum 5 Here we carouze and live jovially upon their Spoils, for it's good Fun for all our Tribe..to cheat such honest people as these.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 10 It is fun to them to break off an ornament, or disfigure a statue.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. iii. 104 The races are great fun.

1891 N. Gould Double Event 1 He's such good fun, and he's so obliging.

1930 B. Johnston Let. 4 May in Lett. Home 1926–45 (1998) 44 Thank you most terribly for taking such a lot of trouble over our holidays: they were jolly good fun.

1954 Economist 20 Mar. His book has all the charm of science fiction; it is enormous fun.

1958 Listener 25 Dec. 1085/1 The clothes were Jacobean, and fun to wear.

2006 N. S. Dhaliwal Tourism vii. 134 I like her; she had an easy, unaffected femininity—she'd be a lot of fun in bed.

2012 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 162/2 I haven't done this since I was a kid. It's really good fun, isn't it?

3. Noteworthy or exciting activity, esp. when providing entertainment for onlookers; action. Sometimes used with ironic force.

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1756 C. Anstey Mem. Noted Buckhorse I. vi. 81 What Fun have I seen, says he, on a Friday in Smithfield!

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 7 There is no saying what acts of personal aggression they might have committed, had not the affray been unexpectedly terminated by the interposition of a new comer. ‘What's the fun?’ said a rather tall thin young man.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 331 Being better mounted than the rest of his troop, [he] pushed on to see more of the fun.

1897 Daily 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’.

1922 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 60 435/2 They returned in a fury and tried to pull me out of the train. Naturally, I did not intend to leave my men, and a crowd collected to see the fun.

1942 Illustr. London News 10 Jan. 53 Then the ‘fun’ started. One party went round the back and set fire to an ammunition dump, after engaging and killing five Germans with a machine-gun.

1997 Times 24 Nov. 30/6 The fun started in the opening minute, when André Snyman capitalised on a searing counter-attack by Percy Montgomery and sliced through the France midfield.

B. adj.

That is a source of light-hearted pleasure or enjoyment; amusing, entertaining.Some early attributive uses may be interpreted as instances of the noun used attributively; see also note at sense A. 2b.

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society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > amusing or entertaining

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1827 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 89 It would be rather fun to see his odd ways.

1853 N. P. Willis (title) Fun jottings; or, Laughs I have taken pen to.

1934 Punch 9 May 526/1 A Rector in an unapostolic fury is rather fun.

1959 J. Osborne World Paul Slickey i. vii. 61 You'll always be a Fun Person.

1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 186 I was remembering Marianne and the fun times we have had.

1971 New Yorker 8 May 107 We have the Osborns, the Beals, the Hartungs, the Falmers, and us. Now let's think of someone fun.

1972 Ski Nov. 26/3 Skiing's the funnest thing I've ever done and probably the funnest thing I'll ever do.

1996 D. F. Wallace Supposedly Fun Thing I'll never do Again (1997) 310 [It] is not one of the funner moments of a 7NC Luxury Cruise.

1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 213/4 This bikini is so fun and clever.

2016 K. Parks Lifeboat Clique xv. 229 I was determined that I could be a fun party person like the rest of Abigail's new friends.

Phrases

P1. to make fun of: to laugh at or joke about (a person or thing) in a mocking way; to ridicule. Cf. to poke fun at at poke v.¹ 4c.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of

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to make merry over (also with)1621

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1732 H. Carey Songs, as sung in Betty (single sheet) I'm resolv'd to marry one of 'em, Tho' you make Fun of them.

1737 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 17 I can't help making fun of myself.

1826 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) IV. xxi. 247 Then you won't make fun of me, will you?

1882 Cent. Mag. June 266/2 When he made fun of the elderly aristocrat's conjecturable toughness, she implored him to stop if he did not want to kill her.

1903 Spectator 2 May 697/1 It is customary for our humourists to make fun of Bishops.

1932 Listener 13 Jan. 45/1 Critics who enjoy making fun of what they are pleased to call ‘B.B.C. English’.

1984 M. Piercy Fly away Home xii. 160 She made fun of Annette's new layered hairdo.

2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 341 People who..never paid attention to him, except to make fun of him or spread rumors about him.

P2.

a. to have fun with: to derive amusement from; to treat in a teasing or playful manner.

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1745 H. Walpole Let. 13 July in Corr. (1941) IX. 19 I intend to have infinite fun with his prudery about this anecdote.

1752 W. Kenrick Fun vii. 34 Here comes Father—now I'll have some Fun with him.

1812 W. Scott Let. 17 Jan. (1932) III. 62 The passengers had a good deal of fun with me for I remember being persuaded to shoot one of them with a pea-gun.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxiii. 430 What usually happens when a poor fellow is put in the pillory?.. The mob try to have some fun with him, don't they?

1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. p. viii In his preface Cadell has fun with the New Humanists by pretending to agree with their Presbyterian balderdash.

1958 Times 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.

1988 J. D. Pistone & R. Woodley Donnie Brasco ii. 13 Since I was a new guy on the job, these vice-squad cops liked to have a little fun with me, bust my chops.

2013 New Yorker 10 June 105/2 Hiaasen has great fun with the horribleness of what goes on in the restaurant kitchens of the Keys.

b. to have fun: to enjoy oneself in a light-hearted or lively way, esp. (in early use) by teasing or ridiculing another.Occasionally with specific reference to sexual activity (see e.g. quots. 1893, 1953).

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)] > enjoy oneself

to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509

to have fun1760

to have a ball1879

to get one's rocks off1948

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. xvii. 120 One of whom, resolving to have some fun, cries out, ‘Pray doctor proceed; you are just, in the most interesting part of your story.’

1795 Monstrous Good Songs, Toasts & Sentiments sig. C4 And when disguis'd I meet the devil, I love to have some fun; A lawyer, I mean, the greatest evil That thrives beneath the sun.

1820 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Dec. (1977) VII. 254 We should have some fun, composing, correcting, supposing.

1889 St. Nicholas Mag. Feb. 304 His donkeyship determined That he would yet have fun.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 86/2 To have (or do) a bit of fun, to procure or enjoy the sexual favour.

1925 S. Lewis Martin Arrowsmith xviii. 192 Didn't we used to have fun.

1946 P. Goodin Clementine xxi. 194 We'll have lots of fun—we'll be double-dating!

1953 R. Postgate Ledger is Kept (1958) 48 Was she having a baby? Could it be—what an idea!—Henry's? That stuffy, tetchy oppressed bachelor having fun with the skivvy in the back bedroom.

1961 M. Dickens Heart of London ii. 198 Ambrosia had pushed Edgar and the girl in there with the admonition to have some fun, dears.

2011 Independent 10 Aug. 15/3 It's school holidays and they just want to have fun.

P3.

a. for fun: in order to amuse oneself and not for any more serious purpose. Hence in extended use: easily, at will.

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society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb]

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for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]

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1750 tr. J. Burton Old Lady in Tantarums 10 Think you it could be any Nuts to me to see Folk drabb'd in such a Manner for Fun?

1784 Gentleman's Mag. May 366/2 Tumbled old women down for fun, Made Beadles, Pro's, and Proctors run, And frighten'd the Vice-Can.

1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iv. 29 You would be very sorry if your mamma was to..break it for fun.

1887 R. Kipling His Wedded Wife in Civil & Mil. Gaz. 25 Feb. 3/4 There is no sort of use in playing with fire, even for fun.

1912 in P. Farrer Confid. Corr. on Cross Dressing (1997) 25 I have for fun put on some of my sister's clothes, and doubtless I am not the only one to do that.

1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iii. 73 They resented that he'd horned into the business just for fun, without any theatrical background.

1985 M. Ivins Molly Ivins can't say that, can She? (1991) 30 Gibber likes to shoot harmless animals, preferably rare ones, for fun.

1992 Times 21 Oct. 44/3 McCoist ‘scores for fun’ and is evidently enjoying his prolific season.

2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Jan. a24/4 Millions of children used to read for fun in their classrooms.

b. for the fun of it (also for the fun of the thing): in order to amuse oneself and not for any more serious purpose. Frequently preceded by just.

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society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb]

of or on the spleenc1460

for love1678

for fun1750

for the fun of the thing1751

for the fun of it1823

good for a laugh1835

for the ride1863

(just) for the hell of it1908

pour le sport1924

for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983

1751 Polite Politician I. 69 I'faith I will, were it only for the Fun of the Thing.

1823 Morning Post 21 Nov. He intends to walk fifty miles more than 1000 on Monday, ‘just,’ as he himself says, ‘for the fun of it.’

1826 Atlas 17 Dec. 489/2 He ran about, laughed, and joked, and seemed to set people to quarrel merely for the fun of the thing.

1877 Independent 19 July 15/2 Little Tad commissioned lieutenant by Stanton, ‘just for the fun of the thing’.

1903 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 425 Amateur mimes..go in for private theatricals..just for the fun of the thing.

1934 D. Hammett Thin Man viii. 37 Morelli's face was a mess: the coppers had worked him over a little just for the fun of it.

1983 Irish Times 15 Oct. 20/6 The old days of generous help from trawler owners and crews, just for the fun of the thing, are gone.

2003 A.-M. MacDonald Way Crow Flies 43 They flew for the fun of it. Getting lost on purpose.

P4. what fun!: used to indicate that an activity or situation sounds amusing or enjoyable. Sometimes used with ironic or sarcastic force.

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1776 Monthly Misc. Oct. 464/1 Let's consider—the Colonel has won; Now to strip him of all, ere he march'd, heav'ns, what fun!

1828 Examiner 20 Aug. 535/1 The Divine Right of Kings! What fun! The Divine Right of Tithes! What fun!..Which are the best for a people—cheap Kings or dear Kings?

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) 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!’

1931 Pittsburgh Courier 12 Dec. a9/4 Boys, what fun! Everything is just filled to the brim with spirit.

1974 B. Took & M. Feldman Round the Horne 93 Gone the cumbersome helmet and in its place a cheeky tomboyish little number in pink velour with a bobble on top—what fun!

2013 Financial Times 23 May 19 The Harlem rapper demanded to see crowd-surfing, moshing, topless women and weed-smoking. Cue lusty cheers from the audience. What fun!

P5. just (also only) a bit of fun and variants: used (sometimes ironically or disingenuously) to denote behaviour or activity that is intended purely for amusement, and should not be interpreted as having any serious or malicious purpose; cf. all in good fun at Phrases 6b.

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1797 Lottery, or Midsummer Recess (ed. 2) vi. 112 Where was the mighty harm?—it was only a good bit of fun.

1867 Sunshine Feb. 26/1 Oh, Miss Dawson, how very grave you are about such a little thing! It was only a bit of fun.

1917 McClure's Mag. Feb. 42/2 ‘Oh, but when it's only a little bit of fun!’..He gazed at her steadily. ‘Then you did do it.’

1928 D. L. Sayers Lord Peter views Body 127 But as to this church business, that's just a bit of a lark got up among the boys... Just a bit of fun, that's all it is.

1960 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 24 Dec. 9/7 Two men were suspended for trying to embrace a girl bench-hand... ‘It was just a bit of fun.’

2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 43 The blokey humour that usually ends with, ‘Ah come on, it's only a bit of fun.’

P6.

a. in fun: in jest, jokingly; not seriously or in earnest.

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1812 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 7 Mar. 7/2 If the very ‘god of war’ himself, as the honourable secretary has sometimes been called, whether in fun or in earnest I know not, will so act [etc.].

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 145 He may pretend in fun that he has a bad memory.

1910 A. Lang in Encycl. Brit. X. 135/1 A man, in fun, called to a goat to escort his wife on a walk.

1971 Times 2 Jan. 1/4 We even had nicknames for each other. She used to call me ‘Ratbag’, but it was all in fun.

1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 132 ‘And did he?’ I said, then laughed so show it was all in fun.

b. all in good fun: used to designate talk or action which is meant to be good-natured, and is not intended to cause harm, injury, or upset; cf. just a bit of fun at Phrases 5.

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1884 W. Davis Camp-fire Chats Civil War xxvi. 283 The great majority laughed and chatted, taking it all in good fun, and watched their opportunity to play a joke on the general.

1915 Amer. Rifleman 1 Apr. 11/1 All of which [sc. the teasing]..was humiliating at first, but it was all in good fun, and gave the boys something to talk about.

1983 S. B. Heath Ways with Words v. 149 A ‘story’.. is ‘something you tell on yourself, or on your buddy, you know, it's all in good fun, and a li'l something to laugh about.’

2001 B. Weeks Curling for Dummies vii. 84 It's all in good fun, but be prepared for some ribbing if your stone comes up short of the Hog line.

P7. like fun: energetically, very quickly, vigorously. Cf. like adj., adv., conj., and prep. Phrases 10c(b). Now rare.

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1819 Examiner 18 Apr. 254/2 'Twas not till the Tenth Round his claret [i.e. blood] was broach'd..But a pelt in the smellers..set it going like fun.

1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing ix. 24 They put their hats on and began to laugh like fun.

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 98 Stickin' together like fun.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. v. 73 Carsons' mill is blazing away like fun.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 273 The bolts went to like fun.

1917 G. M. Knocker Let. 28 Oct. in Diary & Lett. World War I Fighter Pilot (2008) 59 P.S. I caught a glimpse of a Bosche machine over our lines today being ‘Archied’ like fun!

1936 J. Masefield Let. 8 Oct. in Lett. to F. Lamont (1979) 227 She [sc. the Queen Mary] is steady and she goes like fun; and though she goes like fun she doesn't shake you all to bits.

P8. where's the fun in that?: expressing disparagement of a course of action viewed as too simple, safe, or straightforward, and therefore as not providing enough entertainment, challenge, or risk.

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1931 M. Sandoz in B. A. Botkin Folk-Say 296 ‘They been having three, four hunts a year since '84 and all they does is make the critters harder to catch... Dogs or poison, that fixes the sneaking devils that gets my turkeys.’ ‘But where's the fun in that?’ asked one of the girls climbing into the mow.

1959 P. Johnson tr. J. Giono Straw Man ix. 290 We could have sent a bullet your way a hundred times while you were out on one of your nature walks, but where's the fun in that?—you can't boast about someone bumped off on the sly.

1974 Cinema Canada Oct.–Nov. 30/1 The ideal film to make on this scale would be one with few actors, simple locations, and a simple storyline, but where's the fun in that?

1997 Computerworld 3 Mar. 2/1 It isn't like the good old days, when every Computer Associates buyout was a white-knuckle affair... CA's recent acquisition of Cheyenne was a friendly deal. Where's the fun in that?

2007 Stuff July 78/1 Some would say all you need to DJ these days is a laptop..[and] a hard drive.., but where's the fun in that?

P9.

a. colloquial. fun and games: exciting, amusing, or enjoyable activity; goings-on, carryings-on. Frequently ironic.

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1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond vi. 155 We've had lots of fun and games since I last saw you.

1952 E. Grierson Reputation for Song xxix. 260 Beneath the orderly conduct of her bar there was always present the possibility of ‘fun and games’.

1954 C. 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.

1966 J. 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.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. b3/3 Mr. Brown also expects the fun and games of tax haven subsidiaries to disappear with the new legislation.

2007 M. Hamid Reluctant Fundamentalist (2008) iii. 40 Aside from light-hearted banter of this kind, there would be little in the way of fun and games at the workplace.

b. it's all fun and games until someone —— (and variants): used to warn someone (originally and especially a child) that a situation which starts well or appears to be enjoyable has hidden dangers, and is likely to end badly. Often in it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye (also gets hurt).

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1988 Sunday Free Press (Winnipeg) 20 Nov. 19/2 Whatever happened to the warnings our mothers issued when we played with rubber bands? (‘it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye’).

1989 Corks & Curls (Univ. Virginia) (Law School ed.) 101 103/2 Watching police officers try to weed out underage drinkers added a new dimension to the live entertainment, and the phrase ‘It's all fun and games until somebody loses their date,’ characterized conversations throughout the day.

1995 J. O'Connor You're Grounded for Life! xxxiv. 131 Regarding my personal schemes and those of my brother and sisters.., my dad always told us, ‘It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt’.

2005 Times 15 Feb. 7 East Londoners beware: the 2012 Olympic bid is all fun and games until someone loses their home.

2015 Sun (Nexis) 24 Oct. 33 The..Twitter snap [to promote a safer fireworks night] showed bone sticking out from mangled fingers with a caption saying: ‘It's all fun and games till someone gets hurt.’

P10. barrel of fun: see barrel n. Additions; good, clean fun: see clean adj. 4e; (all) the fun of the fair: see fair n.² Phrases 2; figure of fun: figure n. 5b; it was fun while it lasted: see last v.¹ Phrases 2.

Compounds

Many of the formations below are compounds of the noun, but some may instead show uses of the adjective; both types of formation are treated together here for ease of reference.

fun bag n. (a) (originally Australian) a bag containing items intended to provide entertainment and amusement, such as jokes, treats, etc., typically for children (often, and earliest, in figurative use); (b) slang (in plural, as fun bags) a woman's breasts.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun]

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snows1803

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boobya1934

fun bag1938

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knockers1941

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mammaries1947

bazooms1955

jug1957

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Bristols1961

chichi1961

nork1962

puppies1963

rack1968

knob1970

dingleberry1980

jubblies1991

1938 Southern Cross (Adelaide) 19 Aug. 16 (Children's page) Now, let us peep into the fun bag and see what young Winkie has for us this week. Riddles are the first little batch.

1966 Playboy Feb. 165/1 Bosoms, Bazooms..Fun Bags.

1970 B. Humphries in Private Eye 14 Aug. 12 ‘Fun bags? What are you driving at?’ ‘Fun bags! You know, top bollocks!’

1996 World's Fair 11 Oct. 5/1 For the children there was the choice of Lee Wright's train ride..and Jackie Arnold's fun bag.

2003 Snoop Jan. 52 Holding audiences spellbound by juggling her funbags with sexy abandon.

funbook n. (a) a book containing stories, games, puzzles, etc., intended to provide entertainment and amusement, typically for children; (b) U.S. a book of complimentary vouchers, coupons, etc., esp. for use in a casino.

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1864 Amer. Lit. Gaz. 15 Dec. 115/1 We may describe it [sc. Lachende Kinder] as a Fun-Book for German children... The text is illustrated with a number of comical pictures.

1919 Overland Monthly May 457/2 Epworthian's Fun Book..presents new and old games.

1945 (title) Boy's fun book of things to make and do.

1955 Jrnl. Retailing Fall 137/2 [A popular device was] the 'fun book' (a set of coupons, sold at a very low price, entitling the holder to free or reduced rate admissions to a considerable number of attractions).

1991 J. L. Chariton in W. O. Chariton Rainy Days in Texas Funbk. (Introd.) Inside this ‘funbook’ you will find many interesting games to make and play. There are also puzzles to solve..and lots of things to color.

2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xvii. 415 Gaughan..invented the casino funbook, a book of coupons for free bets,..two-for-one specials, and the like.

funbox n. (a) a box of items intended to provide entertainment and amusement, such as jokes, puzzles, games, etc., typically for children (earliest in figurative use, in titles and headings of publications containing such material); (b) (in skateboarding, BMX biking, etc.) a raised box-like structure used for jumps and other manoeuvres, typically with a flat top and ramps on two or more sides.

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?1775 ‘T. Killegrew’ (title) The merry quack doctor: or, The fun box broke Open. Containing an entire..collection of Brilliant Jests, Frolicksome Joaks, [etc.].

1859 N. Y. Musical Pioneer 1 Feb. 71 Our fun-box... Every man who dared to pen a pun should be sent for punishment to the penitentiary.

1923 Oil City (Pa.) Derrick 18 Jan. 7 (heading) For Boys and Girls..The Fun Box.

1948 Lock Haven (Pa.) Express 6 Dec. 8/1 Make a fun box [for a sick friend]... Fill the box with puzzles, jokes, stories and games.

1991 News (Frederick, Maryland) 31 May b5/5 The skatepark..will..include a street course, half-pipes, rail slides and a ‘fun box’.

2004 K. Charner & M. Murphy Giant Encycl. Preschool Activities for Three-Year-Olds 100 Put objects into the ‘fun box’ to use before or after you read a book.

2013 B. V. Cowan Street Kings xii. 126 He kicked a high turn..and zipped down the ramp toward the jump-ramp side of the funbox.

funfair n. chiefly British a fair having rides, sideshows, and other amusements.

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society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fun fair

fair1763

funfair1908

carnival1931

carny1931

show1949

1908 Financial Times 27 Nov. 9/2 New companies... Fun Fair Syndicate, Ltd.

1908 Times 10 Dec. 1/4 (advt.) Toy City, Fun Fair, and Carnival At Earl's-Court Exhibition.

1951 A. Baron Rosie Hogarth 16 Fun fairs discharge their screech and blare upon the passer-by.

2003 Disability Now July 31/1 Older kids will enjoy the penny arcades along the South Bay promenade and the many funfair rides.

2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane xii. 256 We..visited the funfair where we went on the bumper cars.

funfest n. [ < fun n. + fest n.] originally U.S. an event which provides fun for attendees; (hence) something characterized, sometimes ironically, as being full of fun.

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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > others

aleOE

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street meeting1820

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potlatch1974

raft-up1977

crafternoon1978

geekfest1987

1904 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 30 July 6/2 The T. P. A. has always had an excursion to their annual ‘funfest’ heretofore.

1962 J. D. MacDonald Key to Suite x. 140 The convention..wasn't..a fun-fest, a week of broads and bottles.

1986 Star (Park Forest, Illinois) 17 July c8 University park is planning a funfest to follow its Little League championship contest on Saturday.

2001 Times 8 Sept. (London List section) 25/1 Mr Scruff's funfest continues with guest Treva Whateva in the upstairs bar.

2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) ii. 36 I turned around to see exactly who had rocked up for this funfest.

fun-filled adj. characterized by or providing much amusement, entertainment, or enjoyment.

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1884 Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gaz. 1 May Of all the jolly, rollicking fun filled combinations that dramatists have given us, ‘A Bunch of Keys’..is certainly the most mirth-provoking.

1909 Washington Post 5 June 5/4 (advt.) Think of the genuine pleasure, fun-filled days and cool, restful nights you can have on your vacation.

1969 R. O. Collins Arabian Diary 48 An unsuccessful but fun-filled demonstration in nightshirts and top hats against ‘Lights-out’ at ten o'clock.

2010 Stud. Family Planning Sept. 199/1 Growing up in a large family made her childhood eventful and fun-filled.

fun fur n. (a) fur from a rabbit or other animal, often dyed, and intended as a cheaper alternative to expensive furs such as mink (now chiefly historical); (b) an artificial fabric with a texture resembling fur, typically in bright colours; fake fur.

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1959 N.Y. Times 14 Feb. 25/8 Modest-priced fur coats often are made of the ‘fun furs’, such as monkey, mink gill, guanaco and hare.

1965 Punch 18 Aug. 254/3 The cheap ‘fun furs’ acclaimed as so young and amusing.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 151 The young have taken to ‘fun’ furs which may be rabbit dyed to any colour under the sun.

1990 Intercity June 57/1 Coffee creamer has never seen a cow, fun fur has never walked on four legs, and health farms cater for the distinctly unfit.

1994 Western Living Mar. 12/1 That doesn't stop her from working 70-hour weeks to design her way through metric tons of Polar Fleece, leopard fun fur, Crayola-colored corduroy and Steinbeckian denim.

1996 J. C. Oates We were Mulvaneys (1997) i. 98 A lovely soft russet-dyed rabbit-fur jacket, one of those unspeakable ‘fun’ furs.

2001 L. Voss To be Someone 208 Ruby with her twangy curls and fun-fur coat.

fun-loving adj. (of a person) that enjoys having fun; light-hearted and lively.

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1776 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions III. lii. 36 This fun-loving Alicia.

1892 Daily News 14 July 5/1 A fun-loving, jolly, prankish elf of a woman.

1966 Life 11 Mar. 81/1 San Francisco has always been..the fun-loving tourist's ideal.

2005 J. Canseco Juiced 168 He was a fun-loving guy, a party animal, and people loved him.

fun-maker n. a comedian, a humorist; a jester, a joker.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > professional

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1835 Morning Post 25 Nov. This pair are the great funmakers of the piece.

1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 14 He [sc. the Irish priest] is shepherd, doctor, nurse, comforter, anecdotist and fun-maker to his poor flock.

1936 Variety 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.

2014 J. Beckman Amer. Fun x. 230 The Merry Pranksters, as his band of funmakers called themselves.

fun palace n. a large venue designed for amusement or entertainment; spec. (usually with capital initials) one proposed by the theatre director Joan Littlewood (1914–2002) and architect Cedric Price (1934–2003) with the aim of fostering creativity and community.

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1906 Sedalia (Missouri) Sentinel 6 June Katzenjammer Castle. This big fun palace is on Osage street next to the riding gallery and is one of the most popular shows here.

1964 New Scientist 14 May 433/1 Cedric Price..elaborates on the design of the ‘Fun Palace’ envisioned by Joan Littlewood.

1969 Listener 13 Feb. 221/3 Much better to give St Katharine Docks to Joan Littlewood for a fun palace.

1991 J. Gavin Intimate Nights x. 298 Ostrow created a glitzy fun palace, rife with mirrors and Plexiglas.

2011 I. Sinclair Ghost Milk 13 The Fun Palace, unlike the Millennium Dome, had the good sense to remain a series of drawings, PR puffs and rhetoric from culture hustlers.

fun room n. a room used for amusement or entertainment.

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a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1853) I. xvii. 352 There was a room at Holly House called the ‘fun-room,’ without chair or table. It was for dancing and romping.

1921 Universalist Leader 12 Nov. 1213/3 The Unity Class..came out with a similar offer in regard to the Gymnasium or Fun Room, and the men..took up the work of redecorating this room.

2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Lifestyle section) 107 My most recent purchase was..a big black pool table. We're renovating a 110-year-old cottage in Yamba and we're building a fun room.

fun run n. originally U.S. (a) a ride or drive taken for fun in a motor vehicle (rare); (b) an organized and largely uncompetitive run, esp. one involving the mass participation of amateur or occasional (often sponsored) runners.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races

smock-race1707

broose1786

smock-racing1790

sack running1801

torch-race1812

torch-course1839

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obstacle race1869

three-legged race1876

mud run1888

egg-and-spoon race1894

cross-country1905

obstacle course1942

runathon1943

pancake race1951

fun run1960

fun running1966

1960 Sunday New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 31 Jan. 18/6 (advt.) Everyone is invited to the Big Motorsport Fun Run from..Santa Fe, New Mexico to Chihuahua City, Old Mexico.

1961 Road & Track Oct. (verso front cover) (advt.) Take a trial fun-run in a BMC sports car and discover why they've outsold..all the others.

1976 Runner'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.

1977 Sunday 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.

2010 Triathlete's World Jan. 14/1 I started running when I was eight—age-group fun runs and cross-country events.

fun runner n. a person who runs for fun, rather than competitively; esp. a participant in a fun run.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races > competitors in

lampadist1838

sack-racer1884

fun runner1966

1966 P. Booth Sprint from Bell xix. 234 The fun runner, he thought. Half his luck.

1980 Sunday Times 23 Mar. 28/1 The £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.

2013 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 17 Apr. b1/1 Whether as a fun runner or elite competitor, road running exemplifies the honesty of basic human movement, strength and resilience.

fun running n. originally U.S. the activity of running for fun, rather than competitively; participation in a fun run.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races

smock-race1707

broose1786

smock-racing1790

sack running1801

torch-race1812

torch-course1839

sack race1859

potato race1865

obstacle race1869

three-legged race1876

mud run1888

egg-and-spoon race1894

cross-country1905

obstacle course1942

runathon1943

pancake race1951

fun run1960

fun running1966

1966 Arcadia (Calif.) Tribune 3 Apr. 10/8 After that he is off to his parents' lodge in the High Sierras for ‘fun running’.

1976 Runner's World Mar. 11/1 Fun running is about to take off nationwide.

2000 Irish Times 12 June 5/1 Until yesterday, the Women's Mini Marathon was more about charity fun running than world class times.

fun-size adj. (esp. of a product) smaller than the standard or usual size; (also humorously of a person) short, small; = fun-sized adj.

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1960 Life 5 Dec. 91/1 (advt.) Five miles or five hundred—they're both sheer joy in this fun-size, special-size Buick Special!

1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 20/2 The fun-size Holly bag range, which includes a hip bag.

2011 Independent 8 Dec. 13/1 Fun-size Twix bars would not be easy to procure stateside.

2012 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 17 Oct. a3 I've never forgotten the image of a fun-size popstar in pre-show turmoil as she waited to entertain her home crowd.

fun-sized adj. (esp. of a product) smaller than the standard or usual size; (also humorously of a person) short, small; = fun-size adj.

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1960 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 3 Oct. 15 (advt.) The best of big-car performance..and prestige is combined with the best of small-car economy... It's Buick in a great new fun-sized dimension.

1998 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 33/1 A British publisher is also tapping into the demand for fun-sized books.

2002 Loaded July 99/5 The fun-sized philanderer had dozens of affairs.

2004 R. Askwith Feet in Clouds (2005) v. 29 Charlie gave me a fun-sized Mars bar..and a little life returned to my legs as the glucose flowed into my blood.

fun time n. originally U.S. (a) time given over to or characterized by recreation, entertainment, or amusement; (b) (as a euphemism, frequently in the language of personal advertisements) sexual activity; usually in plural, as fun times.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun]

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1905 St. Andrew's Cross July 14/2 His visiting meant a sacrifice of a good part of his fun-time.

1915 South Dakota Educator Sept. 21/1 Fall time, fun time,..Wild and happy-hearted.

1986 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 May The ads that talk of ‘fun times’..or ‘discreet daytime meetings’..involve people who are more lusty than lonely.

2001 M. Haour-Knipe Moving Families 83 He [sc. their father] never scolds them for anything, because when he's around it's fun time.

2005 Loot 13 Dec. (Liverpool ed.) 65/4 (advt.) Bi-male, 31, 6ft, toned, good-looking seeking other bi-males, under 35, for fun times.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fun
释义	funn.adj. Brit. /fʌn/, U.S. /fən/ Forms: 1600s– fun, 1700s funn. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: fun v. Etymology: Probably < fun v. A. n. 1. An act of fraud or deception; a trick played on a person; a joke. Scottish (Orkney and Shetland) in later use. 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E. New Dict. Canting Crew Fun, a Cheat or slippery Trick. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 259 A Hackney Coachman he did buy her, And was not this a very good Fun. 1747 Justice Triumphant ii. v. 30 Hey! Hey! What Fun are you upon now? What do you mean by calling me Churchwarden? 1850 J. O. Halliwell Palatine Anthol. 159 He..told her the story of what he had done; It made the whole family laugh at the fun. 1897 Shetland News 18 Sept. 8/2 I tinks A'll hae a fun wi' da men since dey winna come in. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Fun,..2. a joke: Hid wis a right fun on him. 2004 L. Johnson in New Shetlander No. 229. 11/1 I tink we sood try finnin cables! Dey say it can wirk, an we're döin naething idder. We'll try for a fun! 2. a. Light-hearted pleasure, enjoyment, or amusement; boisterous joviality or merrymaking; entertainment. N.E.D. (1898) remarks: ‘Johnson 1755 stigmatizes it as “a low cant word”; in present use it is merely somewhat familiar.’ In the 20th and 21st centuries the word has become even further standardized. 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Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. 64 Tho' he talk'd much of Virtue, her Head always run Upon something or other she found better Fun. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. vi. 354 Partridge..was a great Lover of what is called Fun . View more context for this quotation 1751 E. Moore Gil Blas Prol. sig. A3 Don't mind me tho'—For all my Fun and Jokes. 1767 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (ed. 2) I. 99 Vindex..looked smilingly about him with much fun in his face. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious. 1845 S. C. Hall Bk. Gems 90 His wit and humour delightful, when it does not degenerate into ‘fun’. 1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 325 Most footballers play for the fun and the fun alone. 1889 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 42 There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. 1920 Boys' Life May 61/3 (advt.) Think of the fun of whizzing down the road on this dazzling new Black Beauty. 1947 W. S. Maugham Creatures of Circumstance 100 Every party's got to come to an end, and next day it doesn't matter much if you went home with the milk or if you left while the fun was in full swing. 1989 C. Boylan Concerning Virgins (1990) 160 She was bold and full of fun. 2000 S. King On Writing 106 A prissy attention to detail that takes all the fun out of writing. b. to be (good, great, etc.) fun: to be a source of light-hearted pleasure or enjoyment; to provide amusement or entertainment. Also with anticipatory it and infinitive as complement, as it is fun to.Some later instances (e.g. quot. 1958) may be interpreted as predicative uses of the adjective; see sense B. ΚΠ 1749 I. G. Hist. Filchum Cantum 5 Here we carouze and live jovially upon their Spoils, for it's good Fun for all our Tribe..to cheat such honest people as these. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 10 It is fun to them to break off an ornament, or disfigure a statue. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. iii. 104 The races are great fun. 1891 N. Gould Double Event 1 He's such good fun, and he's so obliging. 1930 B. Johnston Let. 4 May in Lett. Home 1926–45 (1998) 44 Thank you most terribly for taking such a lot of trouble over our holidays: they were jolly good fun. 1954 Economist 20 Mar. His book has all the charm of science fiction; it is enormous fun. 1958 Listener 25 Dec. 1085/1 The clothes were Jacobean, and fun to wear. 2006 N. S. Dhaliwal Tourism vii. 134 I like her; she had an easy, unaffected femininity—she'd be a lot of fun in bed. 2012 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 162/2 I haven't done this since I was a kid. It's really good fun, isn't it? 3. Noteworthy or exciting activity, esp. when providing entertainment for onlookers; action. Sometimes used with ironic force. ΚΠ 1756 C. Anstey Mem. Noted Buckhorse I. vi. 81 What Fun have I seen, says he, on a Friday in Smithfield! 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 7 There is no saying what acts of personal aggression they might have committed, had not the affray been unexpectedly terminated by the interposition of a new comer. ‘What's the fun?’ said a rather tall thin young man. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 331 Being better mounted than the rest of his troop, [he] pushed on to see more of the fun. 1897 Daily 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’. 1922 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 60 435/2 They returned in a fury and tried to pull me out of the train. Naturally, I did not intend to leave my men, and a crowd collected to see the fun. 1942 Illustr. London News 10 Jan. 53 Then the ‘fun’ started. One party went round the back and set fire to an ammunition dump, after engaging and killing five Germans with a machine-gun. 1997 Times 24 Nov. 30/6 The fun started in the opening minute, when André Snyman capitalised on a searing counter-attack by Percy Montgomery and sliced through the France midfield. B. adj. That is a source of light-hearted pleasure or enjoyment; amusing, entertaining.Some early attributive uses may be interpreted as instances of the noun used attributively; see also note at sense A. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > amusing or entertaining sportful1445 solaciousc1450 recreativec1487 good1489 sportsome1533 entertaining1582 divertive1598 pastiming1606 distractful1636 diverting1651 divertising1655 divertissanta1660 lightsome1679 amusive1730 amusing1753 musical1815 fun1827 funsy1958 1827 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 89 It would be rather fun to see his odd ways. 1853 N. P. Willis (title) Fun jottings; or, Laughs I have taken pen to. 1934 Punch 9 May 526/1 A Rector in an unapostolic fury is rather fun. 1959 J. Osborne World Paul Slickey i. vii. 61 You'll always be a Fun Person. 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 186 I was remembering Marianne and the fun times we have had. 1971 New Yorker 8 May 107 We have the Osborns, the Beals, the Hartungs, the Falmers, and us. Now let's think of someone fun. 1972 Ski Nov. 26/3 Skiing's the funnest thing I've ever done and probably the funnest thing I'll ever do. 1996 D. F. Wallace Supposedly Fun Thing I'll never do Again (1997) 310 [It] is not one of the funner moments of a 7NC Luxury Cruise. 1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 213/4 This bikini is so fun and clever. 2016 K. Parks Lifeboat Clique xv. 229 I was determined that I could be a fun party person like the rest of Abigail's new friends. Phrases P1. to make fun of: to laugh at or joke about (a person or thing) in a mocking way; to ridicule. Cf. to poke fun at at poke v.¹ 4c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of to have (also i-do) (something) to gameeOE to make (a) game of (also at, on)?c1250 overmirtha1400 sporta1533 to make a sport of1535 to make (up) a lip1546 to give one a (or the) gleek1567 to make a May game of1569 to play with a person's nose1579 to make merry over (also with)1621 game1699 to make fun of1732 hit1843 1732 H. Carey Songs, as sung in Betty (single sheet) I'm resolv'd to marry one of 'em, Tho' you make Fun of them. 1737 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 17 I can't help making fun of myself. 1826 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) IV. xxi. 247 Then you won't make fun of me, will you? 1882 Cent. Mag. June 266/2 When he made fun of the elderly aristocrat's conjecturable toughness, she implored him to stop if he did not want to kill her. 1903 Spectator 2 May 697/1 It is customary for our humourists to make fun of Bishops. 1932 Listener 13 Jan. 45/1 Critics who enjoy making fun of what they are pleased to call ‘B.B.C. English’. 1984 M. Piercy Fly away Home xii. 160 She made fun of Annette's new layered hairdo. 2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 341 People who..never paid attention to him, except to make fun of him or spread rumors about him. P2. a. to have fun with: to derive amusement from; to treat in a teasing or playful manner. ΚΠ 1745 H. Walpole Let. 13 July in Corr. (1941) IX. 19 I intend to have infinite fun with his prudery about this anecdote. 1752 W. Kenrick Fun vii. 34 Here comes Father—now I'll have some Fun with him. 1812 W. Scott Let. 17 Jan. (1932) III. 62 The passengers had a good deal of fun with me for I remember being persuaded to shoot one of them with a pea-gun. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxiii. 430 What usually happens when a poor fellow is put in the pillory?.. The mob try to have some fun with him, don't they? 1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. p. viii In his preface Cadell has fun with the New Humanists by pretending to agree with their Presbyterian balderdash. 1958 Times 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. 1988 J. D. Pistone & R. Woodley Donnie Brasco ii. 13 Since I was a new guy on the job, these vice-squad cops liked to have a little fun with me, bust my chops. 2013 New Yorker 10 June 105/2 Hiaasen has great fun with the horribleness of what goes on in the restaurant kitchens of the Keys. b. to have fun: to enjoy oneself in a light-hearted or lively way, esp. (in early use) by teasing or ridiculing another.Occasionally with specific reference to sexual activity (see e.g. quots. 1893, 1953). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)] > enjoy oneself to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1509 to have fun1760 to have a ball1879 to get one's rocks off1948 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. i. xvii. 120 One of whom, resolving to have some fun, cries out, ‘Pray doctor proceed; you are just, in the most interesting part of your story.’ 1795 Monstrous Good Songs, Toasts & Sentiments sig. C4 And when disguis'd I meet the devil, I love to have some fun; A lawyer, I mean, the greatest evil That thrives beneath the sun. 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 25 Dec. (1977) VII. 254 We should have some fun, composing, correcting, supposing. 1889 St. Nicholas Mag. Feb. 304 His donkeyship determined That he would yet have fun. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 86/2 To have (or do) a bit of fun, to procure or enjoy the sexual favour. 1925 S. Lewis Martin Arrowsmith xviii. 192 Didn't we used to have fun. 1946 P. Goodin Clementine xxi. 194 We'll have lots of fun—we'll be double-dating! 1953 R. Postgate Ledger is Kept (1958) 48 Was she having a baby? Could it be—what an idea!—Henry's? That stuffy, tetchy oppressed bachelor having fun with the skivvy in the back bedroom. 1961 M. Dickens Heart of London ii. 198 Ambrosia had pushed Edgar and the girl in there with the admonition to have some fun, dears. 2011 Independent 10 Aug. 15/3 It's school holidays and they just want to have fun. P3. a. for fun: in order to amuse oneself and not for any more serious purpose. Hence in extended use: easily, at will. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb] of or on the spleenc1460 for love1678 for fun1750 for the fun of the thing1751 for the fun of it1823 good for a laugh1835 for the ride1863 (just) for the hell of it1908 pour le sport1924 for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb] agamec1300 bourdfullya1400 in sportc1450 aplay1459 bourdly1500 in jest1551 bourdingly1552 sportingly1561 jestingly1569 sportingwise1579 sportfullya1586 sportively1656 for fun1750 flippantly1758 pour rire1872 1750 tr. J. Burton Old Lady in Tantarums 10 Think you it could be any Nuts to me to see Folk drabb'd in such a Manner for Fun? 1784 Gentleman's Mag. May 366/2 Tumbled old women down for fun, Made Beadles, Pro's, and Proctors run, And frighten'd the Vice-Can. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. i. iv. 29 You would be very sorry if your mamma was to..break it for fun. 1887 R. Kipling His Wedded Wife in Civil & Mil. Gaz. 25 Feb. 3/4 There is no sort of use in playing with fire, even for fun. 1912 in P. Farrer Confid. Corr. on Cross Dressing (1997) 25 I have for fun put on some of my sister's clothes, and doubtless I am not the only one to do that. 1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iii. 73 They resented that he'd horned into the business just for fun, without any theatrical background. 1985 M. Ivins Molly Ivins can't say that, can She? (1991) 30 Gibber likes to shoot harmless animals, preferably rare ones, for fun. 1992 Times 21 Oct. 44/3 McCoist ‘scores for fun’ and is evidently enjoying his prolific season. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Jan. a24/4 Millions of children used to read for fun in their classrooms. b. for the fun of it (also for the fun of the thing): in order to amuse oneself and not for any more serious purpose. Frequently preceded by just. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > [adverb] of or on the spleenc1460 for love1678 for fun1750 for the fun of the thing1751 for the fun of it1823 good for a laugh1835 for the ride1863 (just) for the hell of it1908 pour le sport1924 for (the) shits and giggles (also grins)1983 1751 Polite Politician I. 69 I'faith I will, were it only for the Fun of the Thing. 1823 Morning Post 21 Nov. He intends to walk fifty miles more than 1000 on Monday, ‘just,’ as he himself says, ‘for the fun of it.’ 1826 Atlas 17 Dec. 489/2 He ran about, laughed, and joked, and seemed to set people to quarrel merely for the fun of the thing. 1877 Independent 19 July 15/2 Little Tad commissioned lieutenant by Stanton, ‘just for the fun of the thing’. 1903 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 425 Amateur mimes..go in for private theatricals..just for the fun of the thing. 1934 D. Hammett Thin Man viii. 37 Morelli's face was a mess: the coppers had worked him over a little just for the fun of it. 1983 Irish Times 15 Oct. 20/6 The old days of generous help from trawler owners and crews, just for the fun of the thing, are gone. 2003 A.-M. MacDonald Way Crow Flies 43 They flew for the fun of it. Getting lost on purpose. P4. what fun!: used to indicate that an activity or situation sounds amusing or enjoyable. Sometimes used with ironic or sarcastic force. ΚΠ 1776 Monthly Misc. Oct. 464/1 Let's consider—the Colonel has won; Now to strip him of all, ere he march'd, heav'ns, what fun! 1828 Examiner 20 Aug. 535/1 The Divine Right of Kings! What fun! The Divine Right of Tithes! What fun!..Which are the best for a people—cheap Kings or dear Kings? 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) 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!’ 1931 Pittsburgh Courier 12 Dec. a9/4 Boys, what fun! Everything is just filled to the brim with spirit. 1974 B. Took & M. Feldman Round the Horne 93 Gone the cumbersome helmet and in its place a cheeky tomboyish little number in pink velour with a bobble on top—what fun! 2013 Financial Times 23 May 19 The Harlem rapper demanded to see crowd-surfing, moshing, topless women and weed-smoking. Cue lusty cheers from the audience. What fun! P5. just (also only) a bit of fun and variants: used (sometimes ironically or disingenuously) to denote behaviour or activity that is intended purely for amusement, and should not be interpreted as having any serious or malicious purpose; cf. all in good fun at Phrases 6b. ΚΠ 1797 Lottery, or Midsummer Recess (ed. 2) vi. 112 Where was the mighty harm?—it was only a good bit of fun. 1867 Sunshine Feb. 26/1 Oh, Miss Dawson, how very grave you are about such a little thing! It was only a bit of fun. 1917 McClure's Mag. Feb. 42/2 ‘Oh, but when it's only a little bit of fun!’..He gazed at her steadily. ‘Then you did do it.’ 1928 D. L. Sayers Lord Peter views Body 127 But as to this church business, that's just a bit of a lark got up among the boys... Just a bit of fun, that's all it is. 1960 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 24 Dec. 9/7 Two men were suspended for trying to embrace a girl bench-hand... ‘It was just a bit of fun.’ 2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 43 The blokey humour that usually ends with, ‘Ah come on, it's only a bit of fun.’ P6. a. in fun: in jest, jokingly; not seriously or in earnest. ΚΠ 1812 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 7 Mar. 7/2 If the very ‘god of war’ himself, as the honourable secretary has sometimes been called, whether in fun or in earnest I know not, will so act [etc.]. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 145 He may pretend in fun that he has a bad memory. 1910 A. Lang in Encycl. Brit. X. 135/1 A man, in fun, called to a goat to escort his wife on a walk. 1971 Times 2 Jan. 1/4 We even had nicknames for each other. She used to call me ‘Ratbag’, but it was all in fun. 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 132 ‘And did he?’ I said, then laughed so show it was all in fun. b. all in good fun: used to designate talk or action which is meant to be good-natured, and is not intended to cause harm, injury, or upset; cf. just a bit of fun at Phrases 5. ΚΠ 1884 W. Davis Camp-fire Chats Civil War xxvi. 283 The great majority laughed and chatted, taking it all in good fun, and watched their opportunity to play a joke on the general. 1915 Amer. Rifleman 1 Apr. 11/1 All of which [sc. the teasing]..was humiliating at first, but it was all in good fun, and gave the boys something to talk about. 1983 S. B. Heath Ways with Words v. 149 A ‘story’.. is ‘something you tell on yourself, or on your buddy, you know, it's all in good fun, and a li'l something to laugh about.’ 2001 B. Weeks Curling for Dummies vii. 84 It's all in good fun, but be prepared for some ribbing if your stone comes up short of the Hog line. P7. like fun: energetically, very quickly, vigorously. Cf. like adj., adv., conj., and prep. Phrases 10c(b). Now rare. ΚΠ 1819 Examiner 18 Apr. 254/2 'Twas not till the Tenth Round his claret [i.e. blood] was broach'd..But a pelt in the smellers..set it going like fun. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing ix. 24 They put their hats on and began to laugh like fun. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 98 Stickin' together like fun. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. v. 73 Carsons' mill is blazing away like fun. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iii. 273 The bolts went to like fun. 1917 G. M. Knocker Let. 28 Oct. in Diary & Lett. World War I Fighter Pilot (2008) 59 P.S. I caught a glimpse of a Bosche machine over our lines today being ‘Archied’ like fun! 1936 J. Masefield Let. 8 Oct. in Lett. to F. Lamont (1979) 227 She [sc. the Queen Mary] is steady and she goes like fun; and though she goes like fun she doesn't shake you all to bits. P8. where's the fun in that?: expressing disparagement of a course of action viewed as too simple, safe, or straightforward, and therefore as not providing enough entertainment, challenge, or risk. ΚΠ 1931 M. Sandoz in B. A. Botkin Folk-Say 296 ‘They been having three, four hunts a year since '84 and all they does is make the critters harder to catch... Dogs or poison, that fixes the sneaking devils that gets my turkeys.’ ‘But where's the fun in that?’ asked one of the girls climbing into the mow. 1959 P. Johnson tr. J. Giono Straw Man ix. 290 We could have sent a bullet your way a hundred times while you were out on one of your nature walks, but where's the fun in that?—you can't boast about someone bumped off on the sly. 1974 Cinema Canada Oct.–Nov. 30/1 The ideal film to make on this scale would be one with few actors, simple locations, and a simple storyline, but where's the fun in that? 1997 Computerworld 3 Mar. 2/1 It isn't like the good old days, when every Computer Associates buyout was a white-knuckle affair... CA's recent acquisition of Cheyenne was a friendly deal. Where's the fun in that? 2007 Stuff July 78/1 Some would say all you need to DJ these days is a laptop..[and] a hard drive.., but where's the fun in that? P9. a. colloquial. fun and games: exciting, amusing, or enjoyable activity; goings-on, carryings-on. Frequently ironic. ΚΠ 1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond vi. 155 We've had lots of fun and games since I last saw you. 1952 E. Grierson Reputation for Song xxix. 260 Beneath the orderly conduct of her bar there was always present the possibility of ‘fun and games’. 1954 C. 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. 1966 J. 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. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. b3/3 Mr. Brown also expects the fun and games of tax haven subsidiaries to disappear with the new legislation. 2007 M. Hamid Reluctant Fundamentalist (2008) iii. 40 Aside from light-hearted banter of this kind, there would be little in the way of fun and games at the workplace. b. it's all fun and games until someone —— (and variants): used to warn someone (originally and especially a child) that a situation which starts well or appears to be enjoyable has hidden dangers, and is likely to end badly. Often in it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye (also gets hurt). ΚΠ 1988 Sunday Free Press (Winnipeg) 20 Nov. 19/2 Whatever happened to the warnings our mothers issued when we played with rubber bands? (‘it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye’). 1989 Corks & Curls (Univ. Virginia) (Law School ed.) 101 103/2 Watching police officers try to weed out underage drinkers added a new dimension to the live entertainment, and the phrase ‘It's all fun and games until somebody loses their date,’ characterized conversations throughout the day. 1995 J. O'Connor You're Grounded for Life! xxxiv. 131 Regarding my personal schemes and those of my brother and sisters.., my dad always told us, ‘It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt’. 2005 Times 15 Feb. 7 East Londoners beware: the 2012 Olympic bid is all fun and games until someone loses their home. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 24 Oct. 33 The..Twitter snap [to promote a safer fireworks night] showed bone sticking out from mangled fingers with a caption saying: ‘It's all fun and games till someone gets hurt.’ P10. barrel of fun: see barrel n. Additions; good, clean fun: see clean adj. 4e; (all) the fun of the fair: see fair n.² Phrases 2; figure of fun: figure n. 5b; it was fun while it lasted: see last v.¹ Phrases 2. Compounds Many of the formations below are compounds of the noun, but some may instead show uses of the adjective; both types of formation are treated together here for ease of reference. fun bag n. (a) (originally Australian) a bag containing items intended to provide entertainment and amusement, such as jokes, treats, etc., typically for children (often, and earliest, in figurative use); (b) slang (in plural, as fun bags) a woman's breasts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] titOE breastOE mammaOE pysea1400 mamellec1450 dug1530 duckya1533 bag1579 pommela1586 mam1611 Milky Way1622 bubby?1660 udder1702 globea1727 fore-buttock1727 tetty1746 breastwork?1760 diddy1788 snows1803 sweets1817 titty1865 pappy1869 Charleys1874 bub1881 breastiec1900 ninny1909 pair1919 boobs1932 boobya1934 fun bag1938 maraca1940 knockers1941 can1946 mammaries1947 bazooms1955 jug1957 melon1957 bosoms1959 Bristols1961 chichi1961 nork1962 puppies1963 rack1968 knob1970 dingleberry1980 jubblies1991 1938 Southern Cross (Adelaide) 19 Aug. 16 (Children's page) Now, let us peep into the fun bag and see what young Winkie has for us this week. Riddles are the first little batch. 1966 Playboy Feb. 165/1 Bosoms, Bazooms..Fun Bags. 1970 B. Humphries in Private Eye 14 Aug. 12 ‘Fun bags? What are you driving at?’ ‘Fun bags! You know, top bollocks!’ 1996 World's Fair 11 Oct. 5/1 For the children there was the choice of Lee Wright's train ride..and Jackie Arnold's fun bag. 2003 Snoop Jan. 52 Holding audiences spellbound by juggling her funbags with sexy abandon. funbook n. (a) a book containing stories, games, puzzles, etc., intended to provide entertainment and amusement, typically for children; (b) U.S. a book of complimentary vouchers, coupons, etc., esp. for use in a casino. ΚΠ 1864 Amer. Lit. Gaz. 15 Dec. 115/1 We may describe it [sc. Lachende Kinder] as a Fun-Book for German children... The text is illustrated with a number of comical pictures. 1919 Overland Monthly May 457/2 Epworthian's Fun Book..presents new and old games. 1945 (title) Boy's fun book of things to make and do. 1955 Jrnl. Retailing Fall 137/2 [A popular device was] the 'fun book' (a set of coupons, sold at a very low price, entitling the holder to free or reduced rate admissions to a considerable number of attractions). 1991 J. L. Chariton in W. O. Chariton Rainy Days in Texas Funbk. (Introd.) Inside this ‘funbook’ you will find many interesting games to make and play. There are also puzzles to solve..and lots of things to color. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xvii. 415 Gaughan..invented the casino funbook, a book of coupons for free bets,..two-for-one specials, and the like. funbox n. (a) a box of items intended to provide entertainment and amusement, such as jokes, puzzles, games, etc., typically for children (earliest in figurative use, in titles and headings of publications containing such material); (b) (in skateboarding, BMX biking, etc.) a raised box-like structure used for jumps and other manoeuvres, typically with a flat top and ramps on two or more sides. ΚΠ ?1775 ‘T. Killegrew’ (title) The merry quack doctor: or, The fun box broke Open. Containing an entire..collection of Brilliant Jests, Frolicksome Joaks, [etc.]. 1859 N. Y. Musical Pioneer 1 Feb. 71 Our fun-box... Every man who dared to pen a pun should be sent for punishment to the penitentiary. 1923 Oil City (Pa.) Derrick 18 Jan. 7 (heading) For Boys and Girls..The Fun Box. 1948 Lock Haven (Pa.) Express 6 Dec. 8/1 Make a fun box [for a sick friend]... Fill the box with puzzles, jokes, stories and games. 1991 News (Frederick, Maryland) 31 May b5/5 The skatepark..will..include a street course, half-pipes, rail slides and a ‘fun box’. 2004 K. Charner & M. Murphy Giant Encycl. Preschool Activities for Three-Year-Olds 100 Put objects into the ‘fun box’ to use before or after you read a book. 2013 B. V. Cowan Street Kings xii. 126 He kicked a high turn..and zipped down the ramp toward the jump-ramp side of the funbox. funfair n. chiefly British a fair having rides, sideshows, and other amusements. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fun fair fair1763 funfair1908 carnival1931 carny1931 show1949 1908 Financial Times 27 Nov. 9/2 New companies... Fun Fair Syndicate, Ltd. 1908 Times 10 Dec. 1/4 (advt.) Toy City, Fun Fair, and Carnival At Earl's-Court Exhibition. 1951 A. Baron Rosie Hogarth 16 Fun fairs discharge their screech and blare upon the passer-by. 2003 Disability Now July 31/1 Older kids will enjoy the penny arcades along the South Bay promenade and the many funfair rides. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane xii. 256 We..visited the funfair where we went on the bumper cars. funfest n. [ < fun n. + fest n.] originally U.S. an event which provides fun for attendees; (hence) something characterized, sometimes ironically, as being full of fun. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > others aleOE carola1300 dinnerc1425 love-feast1622 family party1735 aleingc1736 street meeting1820 sausage party1848 church social1862 funfest1904 mixer1916 love-in1967 potlatch1974 raft-up1977 crafternoon1978 geekfest1987 1904 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 30 July 6/2 The T. P. A. has always had an excursion to their annual ‘funfest’ heretofore. 1962 J. D. MacDonald Key to Suite x. 140 The convention..wasn't..a fun-fest, a week of broads and bottles. 1986 Star (Park Forest, Illinois) 17 July c8 University park is planning a funfest to follow its Little League championship contest on Saturday. 2001 Times 8 Sept. (London List section) 25/1 Mr Scruff's funfest continues with guest Treva Whateva in the upstairs bar. 2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) ii. 36 I turned around to see exactly who had rocked up for this funfest. fun-filled adj. characterized by or providing much amusement, entertainment, or enjoyment. ΚΠ 1884 Xenia (Ohio) Daily Gaz. 1 May Of all the jolly, rollicking fun filled combinations that dramatists have given us, ‘A Bunch of Keys’..is certainly the most mirth-provoking. 1909 Washington Post 5 June 5/4 (advt.) Think of the genuine pleasure, fun-filled days and cool, restful nights you can have on your vacation. 1969 R. O. Collins Arabian Diary 48 An unsuccessful but fun-filled demonstration in nightshirts and top hats against ‘Lights-out’ at ten o'clock. 2010 Stud. Family Planning Sept. 199/1 Growing up in a large family made her childhood eventful and fun-filled. fun fur n. (a) fur from a rabbit or other animal, often dyed, and intended as a cheaper alternative to expensive furs such as mink (now chiefly historical); (b) an artificial fabric with a texture resembling fur, typically in bright colours; fake fur. ΚΠ 1959 N.Y. Times 14 Feb. 25/8 Modest-priced fur coats often are made of the ‘fun furs’, such as monkey, mink gill, guanaco and hare. 1965 Punch 18 Aug. 254/3 The cheap ‘fun furs’ acclaimed as so young and amusing. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 151 The young have taken to ‘fun’ furs which may be rabbit dyed to any colour under the sun. 1990 Intercity June 57/1 Coffee creamer has never seen a cow, fun fur has never walked on four legs, and health farms cater for the distinctly unfit. 1994 Western Living Mar. 12/1 That doesn't stop her from working 70-hour weeks to design her way through metric tons of Polar Fleece, leopard fun fur, Crayola-colored corduroy and Steinbeckian denim. 1996 J. C. Oates We were Mulvaneys (1997) i. 98 A lovely soft russet-dyed rabbit-fur jacket, one of those unspeakable ‘fun’ furs. 2001 L. Voss To be Someone 208 Ruby with her twangy curls and fun-fur coat. fun-loving adj. (of a person) that enjoys having fun; light-hearted and lively. ΚΠ 1776 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions III. lii. 36 This fun-loving Alicia. 1892 Daily News 14 July 5/1 A fun-loving, jolly, prankish elf of a woman. 1966 Life 11 Mar. 81/1 San Francisco has always been..the fun-loving tourist's ideal. 2005 J. Canseco Juiced 168 He was a fun-loving guy, a party animal, and people loved him. fun-maker n. a comedian, a humorist; a jester, a joker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian jugglerc1175 foolc1300 jangler1303 fool sagec1330 ribald1340 ape-ward1362 japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 disporter?a1475 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 idiot1526 scoffer1530 sporter1531 dizzardc1540 vice1552 antic1564 bauble-bearer1568 scoggin1579 buffoon1584 pleasant1595 zany1596 baladine1599 clown1600 fiddle1600 mimic1601 ape-carrier1615 mime1616 mime-man1631 merry man1648 tomfool1650 pickle-herring1656 badine1670 puddingc1675 merry-andrew1677 mimical1688 Tom Tram1688 Monaghan1689 pickled herring1711 ethologist1727 court-foola1797 Tom1817 mimer1819 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 mimester1846 comic1857 comedian1860 jokesman1882 comique1886 Joey1896 tummler1938 alternative comedian1981 Andrew- the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > professional japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 bauble-bearer1568 buffoon1584 merry-andrew1677 court-foola1797 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 jokesman1882 1835 Morning Post 25 Nov. This pair are the great funmakers of the piece. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 14 He [sc. the Irish priest] is shepherd, doctor, nurse, comforter, anecdotist and fun-maker to his poor flock. 1936 Variety 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. 2014 J. Beckman Amer. Fun x. 230 The Merry Pranksters, as his band of funmakers called themselves. fun palace n. a large venue designed for amusement or entertainment; spec. (usually with capital initials) one proposed by the theatre director Joan Littlewood (1914–2002) and architect Cedric Price (1934–2003) with the aim of fostering creativity and community. ΚΠ 1906 Sedalia (Missouri) Sentinel 6 June Katzenjammer Castle. This big fun palace is on Osage street next to the riding gallery and is one of the most popular shows here. 1964 New Scientist 14 May 433/1 Cedric Price..elaborates on the design of the ‘Fun Palace’ envisioned by Joan Littlewood. 1969 Listener 13 Feb. 221/3 Much better to give St Katharine Docks to Joan Littlewood for a fun palace. 1991 J. Gavin Intimate Nights x. 298 Ostrow created a glitzy fun palace, rife with mirrors and Plexiglas. 2011 I. Sinclair Ghost Milk 13 The Fun Palace, unlike the Millennium Dome, had the good sense to remain a series of drawings, PR puffs and rhetoric from culture hustlers. fun room n. a room used for amusement or entertainment. ΚΠ a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1853) I. xvii. 352 There was a room at Holly House called the ‘fun-room,’ without chair or table. It was for dancing and romping. 1921 Universalist Leader 12 Nov. 1213/3 The Unity Class..came out with a similar offer in regard to the Gymnasium or Fun Room, and the men..took up the work of redecorating this room. 2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Lifestyle section) 107 My most recent purchase was..a big black pool table. We're renovating a 110-year-old cottage in Yamba and we're building a fun room. fun run n. originally U.S. (a) a ride or drive taken for fun in a motor vehicle (rare); (b) an organized and largely uncompetitive run, esp. one involving the mass participation of amateur or occasional (often sponsored) runners. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races smock-race1707 broose1786 smock-racing1790 sack running1801 torch-race1812 torch-course1839 sack race1859 potato race1865 obstacle race1869 three-legged race1876 mud run1888 egg-and-spoon race1894 cross-country1905 obstacle course1942 runathon1943 pancake race1951 fun run1960 fun running1966 1960 Sunday New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 31 Jan. 18/6 (advt.) Everyone is invited to the Big Motorsport Fun Run from..Santa Fe, New Mexico to Chihuahua City, Old Mexico. 1961 Road & Track Oct. (verso front cover) (advt.) Take a trial fun-run in a BMC sports car and discover why they've outsold..all the others. 1976 Runner'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. 1977 Sunday 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. 2010 Triathlete's World Jan. 14/1 I started running when I was eight—age-group fun runs and cross-country events. fun runner n. a person who runs for fun, rather than competitively; esp. a participant in a fun run. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races > competitors in lampadist1838 sack-racer1884 fun runner1966 1966 P. Booth Sprint from Bell xix. 234 The fun runner, he thought. Half his luck. 1980 Sunday Times 23 Mar. 28/1 The £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. 2013 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 17 Apr. b1/1 Whether as a fun runner or elite competitor, road running exemplifies the honesty of basic human movement, strength and resilience. fun running n. originally U.S. the activity of running for fun, rather than competitively; participation in a fun run. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > other foot races smock-race1707 broose1786 smock-racing1790 sack running1801 torch-race1812 torch-course1839 sack race1859 potato race1865 obstacle race1869 three-legged race1876 mud run1888 egg-and-spoon race1894 cross-country1905 obstacle course1942 runathon1943 pancake race1951 fun run1960 fun running1966 1966 Arcadia (Calif.) Tribune 3 Apr. 10/8 After that he is off to his parents' lodge in the High Sierras for ‘fun running’. 1976 Runner's World Mar. 11/1 Fun running is about to take off nationwide. 2000 Irish Times 12 June 5/1 Until yesterday, the Women's Mini Marathon was more about charity fun running than world class times. fun-size adj. (esp. of a product) smaller than the standard or usual size; (also humorously of a person) short, small; = fun-sized adj. ΚΠ 1960 Life 5 Dec. 91/1 (advt.) Five miles or five hundred—they're both sheer joy in this fun-size, special-size Buick Special! 1991 Dateline Mag. Jan. 20/2 The fun-size Holly bag range, which includes a hip bag. 2011 Independent 8 Dec. 13/1 Fun-size Twix bars would not be easy to procure stateside. 2012 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 17 Oct. a3 I've never forgotten the image of a fun-size popstar in pre-show turmoil as she waited to entertain her home crowd. fun-sized adj. (esp. of a product) smaller than the standard or usual size; (also humorously of a person) short, small; = fun-size adj. ΚΠ 1960 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 3 Oct. 15 (advt.) The best of big-car performance..and prestige is combined with the best of small-car economy... It's Buick in a great new fun-sized dimension. 1998 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 33/1 A British publisher is also tapping into the demand for fun-sized books. 2002 Loaded July 99/5 The fun-sized philanderer had dozens of affairs. 2004 R. Askwith Feet in Clouds (2005) v. 29 Charlie gave me a fun-sized Mars bar..and a little life returned to my legs as the glucose flowed into my blood. fun time n. originally U.S. (a) time given over to or characterized by recreation, entertainment, or amusement; (b) (as a euphemism, frequently in the language of personal advertisements) sexual activity; usually in plural, as fun times. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] playOE loveOE toucha1400 chamber workc1450 venery1497 bed-glee1582 bed-game1596 fiddling1622 twatting1893 sexual relations1897 fun time1905 massage1906 sex play1922 actionc1930 hanky-panky1939 making-out1957 lumber1966 1905 St. Andrew's Cross July 14/2 His visiting meant a sacrifice of a good part of his fun-time. 1915 South Dakota Educator Sept. 21/1 Fall time, fun time,..Wild and happy-hearted. 1986 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 May The ads that talk of ‘fun times’..or ‘discreet daytime meetings’..involve people who are more lusty than lonely. 2001 M. Haour-Knipe Moving Families 83 He [sc. their father] never scolds them for anything, because when he's around it's fun time. 2005 Loot 13 Dec. (Liverpool ed.) 65/4 (advt.) Bi-male, 31, 6ft, toned, good-looking seeking other bi-males, under 35, for fun times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). funv. Brit. /fʌn/, U.S. /fən/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fon v. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a regional variant of fon v. (although this is apparently otherwise obsolete after the Middle English period in its specific sense ‘to deceive, befool (a person)’: see fon v. 1).In sense 2 after fun n. 1. transitive. To cheat or cajole (a person) (out of something); to trick, deceive. Also with of. Now rare and English regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)] jape1362 bejape1377 play1562 jugglea1592 dally1595 trick1595 bore1602 jadea1616 to fool off1631 top1663 whiska1669 hocus1675 to put a sham upon1677 sham1677 fun?1685 to put upon ——1687 rig1732 humbug1750 hum1751 to run a rig1764 hocus-pocus1774 cram1794 hoax1796 kid1811 string1819 to play off1821 skylark1823 frisk1825 stuff1844 lark1848 kiddy1851 soap1857 to play it (on)1864 spoof1889 to slip (something) over (on)1912 cod1941 to pull a person's chain1975 game1996 ?1685 Poor Tom the Taylor (single sheet) She had fun'd him of his Coin. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) What do you Fun me? Do you think to Sharp or Trick me? 1741 J. Ozell tr. P. de B. de Brantôme Spanish Rhodomontades 44 He that funs me out of her, may boldly say, he has fun'd the best Sword in France [Fr. quiconque me la besoignera..aura besoigné la meilleure Espée de France]. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) Do you think to fun me out of it. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Fun, to cheat; to deceive. Somerset. 1850 J. O. Halliwell Palatine Anthol. 160 Then, kissing his daughter, he turn'd to his son, Saying, John, you have funn'd me as sure as a gun. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) He've a-fun me out o' vower poun. 2. Usually in present participle. Chiefly colloquial and U.S. regional in later use. a. intransitive. To indulge in fun; to jest, to joke. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > do for mere amusement [verb (intransitive)] playOE fanglea1400 mock1440 jest1530 paddle1616 wanton1628 fun1802 society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 1802 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1143/1 The Bushmillites thought he was funning At first; but, perceiving his fright, In a panic they too set a running. 1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. III. vii. 83 In later days he was often funning—I can find no other word to express it—in ‘Blackwood’. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxiii. 168 I wud 'a fun't wi' 'm a bit. 1886 E. L. Bynner Agnes Surriage vi. 77 ‘Ye must be funnin', sir-r’, she almost gasped. 1936 Stage June 49/1 But perhaps you're only funning, Miss Jerome. 1961 Mountain Life (Berea, Kentucky) 37 iii. 29 I knew Mama was funning with us. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 June 21/3 I'm funning, of course. Livingston's not quite that haute. b. transitive. To make fun of (a person); to mock, tease. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] teleeOE laughOE bismerc1000 heascenc1000 hethec1175 scornc1175 hokera1225 betell?c1225 scorn?c1225 forhushc1275 to make scorn at, toc1320 boba1382 bemow1388 lakea1400 bobby14.. triflea1450 japec1450 mock?c1450 mowc1485 to make (a) mock at?a1500 to make mocks at?a1500 scrip?a1513 illude1516 delude1526 deride1530 louta1547 to toy with ——1549–62 flout1551 skirp1568 knack1570 to fart against1574 frump1577 bourd1593 geck?a1600 scout1605 subsannate1606 railly1612 explode1618 subsannea1620 dor1655 monkeya1658 to make an ass of (someone)1680 ridicule1680 banter1682 to run one's rig upon1735 fun1811 to get the run upon1843 play1891 to poke mullock at1901 razz1918 flaunt1923 to get (or give) the razoo1926 to bust (a person's) chops1953 wolf1966 pimp1968 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex > tease tease1627 rag1749 lugger1782 gammon1801 tig1805 fun1811 run1828 ride1891 rawhide1895 to bust (a person's) chops1953 stir1972 to pull a person's chain1975 1811 Trial False Imprisonm. Sergeant R. Warden 92 Mr. Bedford was laughing and funning me about it the whole day. 1850 G. P. R. James Henry Smeaton xv. 63 ‘A young lad..said “Ballimoree” to me, and told me that it meant good-morning.’ ‘He was funning you, sir... They are all full of their jokes.’ 1922 Sat. Evening Post 9 Sept. 19/3 Her face darkened... ‘You think it's jest another—joke, for folks to fun him about?’ 1985 G. C. Chesbro Beasts of Valhalla (1987) ii. xvii. 135 You think that people who say they believe in a deity, or miracles, are just funning you. 2008 GQ (Nexis) Dec. 191 Did..[he] just ask me what my sign is?.. Is he really into astrology? He laughs... ‘I'm only funning you.’ Derivatives ˈfunning n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] legerdemain1532 hocus-pocus1647 sham1683 funning1728 humbugging1752 humming1807 hoaxing1808 larking1813 cutting-up1843 cut-up1843 shenanigan1855 codology1860 greening1863 cod1866 leg-pulling1879 spoof1889 codding1892 spoofery1895 four-flushing1901 kidding1901 shenaniganning1924 kidology1964 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > action of jesting japingc1380 bourdingc1400 jesting1526 drolling1670 joking1670 funning1728 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera ii. xiii. 36 Cease your Funning, Force or Cunning Never shall my Heart trapan. 1850 T. A. Trollope Impress. Wanderer xxv. 377 He took upon him to furnish amusement during the..journey by a succession of funning. 1879 L. G. Seguin Black Forest xiii. 222 He generally contrives that his victims shall not materially suffer from his funning. 2003 Vanity Fair Mar. 166/3 This is more than a matter of funning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1699v.?1685
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