funny

funny
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funnier, funniest, funnies
1) ADJ-GRADED Someone or something that is funny is amusing and likely to make you smile or laugh.

Wade was smart and not bad-looking, and he could be funny when he wanted to...

I'll tell you a funny story.

Syn:
amusing, comic
2) ADJ-GRADED: oft it v-link ADJ how/that If you describe something as funny, you think it is strange, surprising, or puzzling.

Children get some very funny ideas sometimes!...

There's something funny about him...

It's funny how love can come and go.

Syn:
odd, curious
3) ADJ-GRADED: usu feel ADJ If you feel funny, you feel slightly ill. [INFORMAL]

My head had begun to ache and my stomach felt funny.

4) N-PLURAL: the N The funnies are humorous drawings or a series of humorous drawings in a newspaper or magazine. [AM, INFORMAL]
5) PHRASE Funny business is dishonest or unacceptable behaviour. [INFORMAL]

...an inquiry into funny business in Ireland's biggest export industry.

Syn:
tricks

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  • funny — humorous, 1756, from FUN (Cf. fun) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning strange, odd is 1806, said to be originally U.S. Southern. The two senses of the word led to the retort question funny ha ha or funny peculiar, which is attested from 1916. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • funny — is used in two primary meanings: (1) amusing, comical (as in a funny joke), (2) strange, hard to explain (as in a funny look). Since the 1930s, as first recorded in a novel by Ian Hay, the first meaning has come to be called funny ha ha and the… …   Modern English usage

  • funny — [fun′ē] adj. funnier, funniest [see FUN & Y2] 1. causing laughter; laughable; amusing; humorous 2. Informal a) out of the ordinary; strange; queer ☆ b) deceptive or tricky …   English World dictionary

  • Funny — Fun ny, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.] [From {Fun}.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter. [1913 Webster] {Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • funny — [adj1] comical, humorous absurd, amusing, antic, blithe, capricious, clever, diverting, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, for grins*, gas*, gay, gelastic, good humored, hilarious, humdinger, hysterical, jocose, jocular, joking, jolly,… …   New thesaurus

  • Funny — Fun ny, n.; pl. {Funnies}. A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Funny — (von englisch = lustig, gewöhnlich verwendet in der Mehrzahl Funnys) ist eine im deutschen Sprachraum verwendete Gattungsbezeichnung für humorvolle Comics, die Slapstick Elemente und Gags aufweisen können. Viele Werke von Zeichnern der École… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • funny — index jocular, ludicrous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • funny ha-ha — adjective humorous …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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