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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fun′ and games′, [Informal.]- Informal Termsfrivolously diverting activity.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fun /fʌn/USA pronunciation n., [uncountable]- something that provides mirth or amusement:A picnic would be fun.
- enjoyment or playfulness:She's full of fun.
adj. - Informal Termsproviding pleasure or amusement;
enjoyable:[before a noun]That would be a fun thing to do. Idioms- Idioms for or in fun, as a joke;
not seriously; playfully:We played that prank on him for fun. - Idioms make fun of, [~ + object] to make the object of jokes, insults, or ridicule;
deride:likes to make fun of the neighbors.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fun (fun),USA pronunciation n., v., funned, fun•ning, adj. n. - something that provides mirth or amusement:A picnic would be fun.
- enjoyment or playfulness:She's full of fun.
- Idioms for or in fun, as a joke;
not seriously; playfully:His insults were only in fun. - like fun, [Informal.]certainly not;
of doubtful truth:He told us that he finished the exam in an hour. Like fun he did! - Idioms make fun of, to make the object of ridicule;
deride:The youngsters made fun of their teacher. v.i., v.t. - Informal Termsjoke;
kid. adj. - Informal Termsof or pertaining to fun, esp. to social fun:a fun thing to do; really a fun person.
- Informal Termswhimsical: flamboyant:The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.
- dialect, dialectal variant of obsolete fon to befool. See fond1 1675–85
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged merriment, pleasure, play, gaiety.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fun /fʌn/ n - a source of enjoyment, amusement, diversion, etc
- pleasure, gaiety, or merriment
- jest or sport (esp in the phrases in or for fun)
- fun and games ⇒ facetious ironic amusement; frivolous activity
- make fun of, poke fun at ⇒ to ridicule or deride
- (modifier) full of amusement, diversion, gaiety, etc: a fun sport
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps from obsolete fon to make a fool of; see fond1 |