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Fun   /fən/   Listen
noun
Fun  n.  Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. "Oddity, frolic, and fun."
To make fun of, to hold up to, or turn into, ridicule. in fun, jokingly; not seriously; for amusement. like fun, definitely not; used adverbially, mostly to contradict a prior assertion; A: "He says he won't do it again." B: "Like fun he won't.".



adjective
fun  adj.  (compar. funner; superl. funnest)  Of or pertaining to fun; causing pleasure or amusement; as, a fun thing to do. (informal)






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"Fun" Quotes from Famous Books



... "But—but it'll take three days to write up our reports of everything that's happened! We won't have any time for fun!" ...
— The Revolt on Venus • Carey Rockwell

... replied Madame Desvarennes. "She has got it into her head, but it will wear off. You thoroughly understand that I did not bid you to come from Africa to be present at my daughter's wedding. If you are a man, we shall see some fun. Micheline is your betrothed. You have our word, and the word of a Desvarennes is as good as the signature.—It has never been dishonored. Well, refuse to give us back our promise. Gain time, make love, and take my daughter away from ...
— Serge Panine, Complete • Georges Ohnet

... she's having a good time. How could she help it?" returned Marjorie staunchly. "All the boys have been perfectly lovely to her and so have the girls. I knew everyone would like her. You and Mary and I will have lots of fun going about ...
— Marjorie Dean - High School Sophomore • Pauline Lester

... was fun to tell Gerald Leslie about his adventures with the Holy Rollers, into whose church he had drifted during his search for a job. Peter had taken up with this sect, and learned the art of "talking in tongues," and how to fall over the back of your chair in convulsions ...
— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair

... and the Orangeman's Bible. I was a little amused at his abrupt manner, for he was still a young man, and had somewhat the air of a navy officer; but he tackled me with great solemnity. I could make fun of what he said, for I do not think it was very wise; but the subject does not appear to me just now in a jesting light, so I shall only say that he related to me his own conversion, which had been effected (as is very often the case) through the ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


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