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fun

[ fuhn ]

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noun

something that provides mirth or amusement:
A picnic would be fun.
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enjoyment or playfulness:
She's full of fun.
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funned, funning,

funner, funnest.

Informal. of or relating to fun, especially to social fun:
a fun thing to do; really a fun person; the funnest game.
Informal. whimsical; flamboyant:
The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.

fun

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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.
amusement; frivolous activity
like fun informal.
1. adverb quickly; vigorously
2. interjection not at all! certainly not!
make fun of or poke fun at
to ridicule or deride
modifier full of amusement, diversion, gaiety, etc
a fun sport

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Origin of fun¹

First recorded in 1675–85; dialectal variant of obsolete fon “to befool”; fond ¹( def )

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Origin of fun¹

C17: perhaps from obsolete fon to make a fool of; see fond ¹

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for / 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!
make fun of, to make the object of ridicule; deride:
The youngsters made fun of their teacher.

In addition to the idiom beginning with fun , also see for fun ; like fun ; make fun of ; more fun than a barrel of monkeys . Also see under funny .

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He does all this, he says, because it’s fun to talk about his work — he says in the film’s trailer that he’s done “250 basic jobs.”

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I had some of the most fun I’ve had throughout the entire series.

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Or are you in search of fun and accessible places to take your uncle who uses a wheelchair and is visiting L.A. for the first time?

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I've played against him when he's firing on all cylinders and it's not fun for me.

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In recent decades tracks were marketed to stag and hen parties, or as a fun office night out.

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