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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fun•ny1 /ˈfʌni/USA pronunciation adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies, adv. adj. - provoking laughter; amusing;
comical:a funny movie. - ill;
slightly sick:He felt funny so he sat down for a moment. - arousing suspicion;
underhanded;
deceitful:There was something funny about those extra charges. - strange;
peculiar;
odd:The car is making a funny noise.
n. [countable] - Journalism funnies, [plural] comic strips or the section of a newspaper containing them.
adv. - [Informal.]oddly;
strangely;
peculiarly:a stranger who talked funny.
fun•ni•ly /ˈfʌnəli/USA pronunciation adv. fun•ni•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fun•ny1 (fun′ē),USA pronunciation adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies. adj. - providing fun;
causing amusement or laughter;
amusing;
comical:a funny remark; a funny person. - attempting to amuse;
facetious:Did you really mean that or were you just being funny? - warranting suspicion;
deceitful;
underhanded:We thought there was something funny about those extra charges. - Informal Termsinsolent;
impertinent:Don't get funny with me, young man! - curious;
strange;
peculiar;
odd:Her speech has a funny twang.
n. - [Informal.]a funny remark or story;
a joke:to make a funny. - Journalism funnies:
- comic strips.
- Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
fun′ni•ly, adv. fun′ni•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged diverting, comic, farcical, ridiculous, droll, witty, facetious, humorous. Funny, laughable, ludicrous refer to that which excites laughter. Funny and laughable are both applied to that which provokes laughter or deserves to be laughed at; funny is a colloquial term loosely applied and in popular use is commonly interchangeable with the other terms:a funny story, scene, joke; a laughable incident, mistake.That which is ludicrous excites laughter by its incongruity and foolish absurdity:The monkey's attempts to imitate the woman were ludicrous.
fun•ny2 (fun′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. - Nautical, Naval Terms, Sporta shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.
- perh. jocular use of funny1 1790–1800
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