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fun definition

fun (fun)

noun

    1. lively, joyous play or playfulness; amusement, sport, recreation, etc.
    2. enjoyment or pleasure
  2. a source or cause of amusement or merriment, as an amusing person or thing

Etymology: < ME fonne, a fool, foolish, or fonnen, to be foolish < ?

adjective

Informal intended for, or giving, pleasure or amusement a fun gift

intransitive verb funned, funning fun′·ning

Informal to have or make fun; play or joke

Etymology: < funthe

fun Idioms

for fun

or in fun
just for amusement; not seriously

like fun!

Slang by no means!not at all!: used to express emphatic negation or doubt

make fun of

to mock laughingly; ridicule
also poke fun at

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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